The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Hmm, are you feeling confused?"

Ember walked over and coughed a few times, attracting the attention of Dulin and Erinas.

Dulin nodded silently; he had nothing to hide from Yu Jin.

"Perhaps you should try to pull out those tangled threads in your eyes; they can sometimes make it hard to see things clearly."

"Intertwined threads?" Erinus asked, his face full of doubt.

"Brother Yu Jin, why are you starting to tell riddles too?" Du Lin looked at Yu Jin helplessly. Had the sun risen in the west today? Yu Jin, who was always straightforward, had actually started telling riddles.

"Back to simplicity, back to simplicity. I think your previous state was quite good, you can try to find it again."

"My previous state..." Du Lin closed his eyes slightly and pondered. It's easy to go from naive to world-weary, but is it really possible to go from world-weary to naive?

"Didn't you secretly read a fairy tale yesterday? I think it was called something like 'Good Brother'..."

"call!!!"

Dulin opened his mouth wide and exhaled a stream of air that sent the embers flying backward. A hint of shame was visibly visible on his face.

"Therefore, we must return to simplicity!"

Ember clapped his hands at Erinus, saying that Dulin's mental age had matured a bit and that it was easy to get caught up in something if you weren't careful.

"I...I understand! Brother Yu Jin, let's get down to business!" Du Lin took a deep breath and quickly changed the subject.

"The important business? The important business has already been taken care of!"

Ember clapped his hands at Dulin and Erinas.

"When?!" Dulin's eyes widened in surprise.

"While you were talking, look, doesn't my sculpt look like it?"

Ember ran down the hillside and picked up a Meloscin.

However, unlike other Melusins, this Melusin's body color is not bright, and she gives people a gloomy feeling.

“This is…” Erinas looked at Melusin standing quietly on the grass, already extremely surprised.

The reason is simple: this Melusin looks exactly like her now.

"I've tried my best to adjust the color to be better, but the raw materials aren't very good, so no matter how I adjust it, it's still not quite right."

Yu Jin shrugged, indicating that he had done his best.

Poisonous blood, pitch-black flesh, and the resentment consumed by these two things... Just kneading them together took him a lot of effort, not to mention anything else.

"It's alright... If I'm not mistaken, I'll be responsible for the color grading from here on out?"

"You're quite artistic." Ember gave Erinas a thumbs up, absolutely right!

"Not even one ten-thousandth of yours."

Erinas responded.

Chapter 776 Countdown

2024-07-13

"Roar... They're gone!"

In a corner of the Erinas Mountains, the pure white dragon turned its head and whispered something to the two people behind it before flapping its wings and soaring into the sky.

"Hmm... It seems that Dulin has really grown up quite a bit. Congratulations, congratulations!"

Seeing Dulin fly away without looking back, Yu Jin sighed deeply.

The boy's lack of education has finally been made up for; who told him to have a mother who gave birth but didn't raise him?

In Yu Jin's view, the perspective problems of Dulin and Erinas, these two unfortunate siblings, can be completely resolved through education.

Aren't humans the best example? Some people regard life as the most precious thing, while others treat their fellow human beings no differently than ants.

People are still people, but their perspectives on things have changed. Their levels of achievement vary, largely due to their experiences and education.

With such a highly malleable talent as Dulin, if you really put your heart into teaching him, you can completely correct his perspective.

Unfortunately, according to Dulin and Erinas, their mother was too busy to care about such things.

“Durin…it seems…he has really grown up…” Erinas stood aside, uttering a few words with difficulty.

"You should rest. The beginning is the hardest." Yu Jin looked at Erinas, whose face was twitching, and patted her shoulder.

Good things are constantly being lost, replaced by nothing but filth and grime. Those with weak minds will instantly lose their way in this situation and be devoured and controlled by those dark forces.

Fortunately, Erinas, as Dulin's sister, is even more virtuous than Dulin.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have realized at the last moment that she didn't belong in the world.

Dulin, on the other hand, only realized what was going on after hearing Wendy's poetry; the difference between the two was simply too great.

Ember remembered that when Dulin first started out, he was in so much pain that he couldn't even move, while Erinas could not only move, but even squeeze out a bit of rationality to praise his younger brother.

“It’s…it’s okay…it’s still…okay…” Erinas gasped for breath with each word, as if he had asthma.

So, Yu Jin decided not to bother her anymore.

"Mameh, come quickly and carry your [father] away, don't let her suffer outside!"

"Oh...oh! Coming!"

Upon hearing this, Mameh immediately ran over, quickly helped Erinas up, and took him into the village of Haimo.

When she returned to invite Yu Jin to sit down, she could only see his retreating figure running away in the distance on the hillside.

……

"What should we do next?"

Along the coast, Ember lowered his head in deep thought. Despite his speed, he had no idea where he was going.

Looking up at the sky, he noticed the towering waterway of the patrol boat. Ember suddenly remembered that this waterway seemed to lead to Fontaine.

That should solve it, just run along the waterway, right?

Once he found his direction, Ember's speed increased dramatically. He kept his eyes fixed on the waterway in the distance, and whenever he encountered a current, he would leap across it.

From Erinas down into the waterways, not a drop of water got on my body!

At this moment, Ember had arrived at another island, which to him seemed no different from Erinas—just mountains and rocks covered with a layer of vegetation.

At the heart of the island is a main peak, which appears incredibly tall on this much smaller island, so the waterways for the patrol boats can only pass through the mountains.

Emerging from the tunnel, a beautiful scene unfolds. Why do I say that? Because amidst the monotonous flowers and plants, there are scattered remnants—a human settlement has appeared.

This immediately put Ember in a difficult position, because just across the sea from this settlement was a city.

Judging from the height and scale of its city walls, Yu Jin felt that it was probably Fontaine.

"Boom!"

Just as he was pondering where to go, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook.

Then, the embers could faintly hear panicked shouts.

"Looks like we don't need to choose anymore." Yu Jin slapped his forehead, then ran towards the distant settlement.

He initially thought the scattered houses outside were just a small village, but when he arrived, Yu Jin discovered that this place was a hidden paradise.

This is a small town, and the houses you can see from the outside only make up a tiny fraction of the entire town.

As for what we can't see... well, that's naturally underground.

Actually, it's not exactly underground. The town is located in a huge depression, with houses scattered in various corners of this pit.

This applies from top to bottom.

But now is not the time to admire this strange sight. For some reason, the water level in the pool at the bottom of the depression is rising, and its surface is beginning to emit an eerie blue light.

"Scatter! Scatter! Don't get drowned!"

"Why did the water suddenly pour in?!"

"This way! This way!"

……

Although the town was noisy, it was not chaotic. Firstly, the water level was rising slowly, giving them ample time to react; secondly, a group of peculiar people dressed in black and wearing sunglasses were directing the operation.

Once a person is put in command, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort, no matter what they do.

The town's management style seemed peculiar. There were some of the Fontainebleau guards we had seen before, but most of them were just assisting the men in black, rather than directly taking on the responsibility of guiding people.

"Am I a bit redundant?" Yu Jin stood at the top, looking down at the orderly scene below, and couldn't help but scratch his head.

Everything here was fine, and it seemed he didn't need to interfere. But as soon as Yu Jin lowered his arm, the scene before him made him raise his hand again.

Not only that, he also had a huge stick in his hand.

"What's going on? The water level in Baisong Town is rising too?" a white-haired man in a black and red robe asked anxiously.

"Yes, just a short while ago. But we reacted quickly, and the water level didn't rise too fast, so we haven't found anyone drowning yet."

The man in black nodded, a hint of relief in his voice.

Fortunately, they reacted quickly, otherwise it would have been disastrous. I heard that the water level in many parts of Fontainebleau has started to rise recently. I initially thought it was a lie fabricated by some unscrupulous media, but now it seems that something unknown has happened to this land they know so well.

"What is the extent of the damage?"

"The water level is still rising, and we haven't had time to take a count yet. But I estimate it's mostly just some property and material losses."

The man in black's words relieved the man in the robe, as the loss of supplies was insignificant to the Fools.

"Don't worry about that. I'll have some supplies sent from a nearby camp warehouse to help you rebuild."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Lawrence!"

"You're welcome. If the prophecy is true, then we're all in the same boat, and no one can escape it."

The Fools, named Lorend Schneitzevich, waved his hand. The growing signs that the prophecy sung in Fontaine for centuries was about to come true had everyone on edge.

In the face of such a near-apocalyptic disaster, unity is the best option.

"A prophecy... I still find it hard to believe. Maybe today is just a seawater intrusion?"