Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

While people were rushing to report and discuss words like "Inazuma" and "trial," a small number of cameras were also focused on Black Gold City.

Amidst this intense scrutiny, and after a period of preparation, Gerrard set out to launch a major project.

The transport convoy began delivering supplies to Aru Village, taking over the role previously played by the Order of the Church and ordinary caravans. At the same time, the oil mines of Black Gold City opened up more jobs for Aru Village.

The village chief of Aru and the local guardian, Candice, tacitly approved of it all and did not pay much attention to it.

They don't care whose title they bear, but rather what is in the best interests of Aru Village.

A small detachment quietly arrived near Kawan Post Station and temporarily set up camp, preparing for action.

With everything in place, Gerrard officially held a press conference.

Black Gold City declares its independence effective immediately and will no longer obey the orders of the Sumeru Church.

Following this, the three forces centered around Black Gold City, the Tanit tribe, and Aru Village, imitating the system of New Inazuma, established the Sumeru Desert Republic and formed the Sumeru Desert United Government, no longer obeying the orders of the Order Council.

It's called a coalition government, but in reality, it's more like a one-man show in Black Gold City.

The other two are dependent on each other.

After all, the economic base determines the superstructure.

These three forces are spread throughout the desert and are the three most populous forces in the desert. Together, they control more than 90% of the desert's population.

At the same time, historically speaking, it also represents the inheritance between the Red King and the Flower Goddess.

From every perspective, it unequivocally possesses sovereignty over the Xumi Desert region.

The "sand-proof wall" serves as the boundary line, dividing the Sumeru Desert region controlled by the newly formed Sumeru Desert United Government into the Sumeru Rainforest region controlled by the Sumeru Canon.

The Sumeru Desert has officially declared independence.

Gerrard was speaking on stage, while the reporters below were completely dumbfounded.

Just a few days ago, Inazuma changed regimes, and it seems they even tried the old regime's rulers.

People's attention was focused on the gods of Inazuma, and their impressions of these things were rather vague.

However, the people of Shin-Inazuma were initially divided into factions, and by the later stages of the war, each faction controlled roughly half of the territory, effectively becoming independent.

Then, they suddenly took action, overthrowing the shogunate and seizing control of Inazuma.

These general procedures have already been published.

So... you guys are planning to remake it too?

The reporters exchanged glances among themselves.

Will Teyvat become eight countries after the seven?

Can a newly formed regime, devoid of gods and composed of mercenaries, be recognized by other nations?

Where does this leave the Church of Jesus?

How will the Order of the Church respond?

Previously, if it was a matter of armed separatism, although the substance was gone, at least the Church could still maintain appearances.

The desert is still ours.

Now, it's completely gone; both face and substance are gone.

Half of the land was suddenly separated from Sumeru and completely broke away from the control of the Church Council, which was a slap in the face to the Church Council.

The reporters in the audience were already brainstorming the series of impacts that would be released tomorrow regarding the change from seven countries to eight.

Their thoughts did not affect Gerrard's subsequent remarks.

"In the earliest times, the Red King, the Flower Goddess, and the Tree Goddess were wise and sagacious leaders of the land of Sumeru. At that time, the people of both the desert and the rainforest were inseparable."

"Later, as time passed, the Tree God created the present-day Sumeru Rainforest. At that time, whether in the desert or the rainforest, the people of Sumeru still lived happily and joyfully until the calamity came. Forbidden knowledge and dark mud swallowed up this land. The three kings fell, and the once glorious civilization of the desert was also reduced to ashes by the destruction of forbidden knowledge."

"For the past few centuries, the people of Xumi have blamed each other. To this day, we have no conclusive evidence to judge the right and wrong of that time, but we can judge the present."

"For hundreds of years, the Church has ruled over Sumeru. It should have led the people of Sumeru to glory, but generation after generation has taken over, and instead, it has exploited the people of the desert layer by layer. To this day, the people of the desert have even been deprived of the right to education, and they cannot even understand the history of their ancestors. They have been forced to become the lowest of the low in Sumeru, the most despised people."

"That's not fair."

The cameras faithfully recorded Gerrard's words and actions, and the reporters wrote down his remarks.

This sounds like... a story about exterminating thieves?

Something similar happened before Umijima launched its final attack on the shogunate.

I just don't know what their reasons are.

Judging from the current discourse, it is probably... revenge?

After all, it has already been said that it is the Church of Jesus who is exploiting the people of the desert.

However, to their surprise, Gerrard then turned the tables and launched an attack.

"We also understand that it is not only the people of the desert who suffer from this exploitation and injustice; we are just one of the most severely affected groups, nothing more. Under the rule of the Church, it is nothing more than a drama of big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimp, filled with injustice."

"Students should be cheap academic tools for mentors to rate, businessmen should be wallets for the Institute's research, and art should be a 'side path' that hinders so-called academic progress. Not only the people of the desert, but the voices of the entire Sumeru people have been ignored by the Institute. Under the Institute's promotion, people are divided into countless identities, and they are opposed, discriminated against, and even hostile to each other."

"There will always be people who say that this has always been the case, but no one questions whether this is true or false. Is it right just because it has always been the case? No one questions whether this so-called 'always the case' is true or false."

"I hope that one day, the people of Sumeru can unite and sit together hand in hand. Children can study in spacious and bright classrooms instead of being forced to fight and make a living at an early age because of their birth or skin color."

"I hope that one day, the people of the desert can enjoy beautiful dances together with the people of the rainforest under the stage of the Grand Bazaar, instead of despising and hating each other."

"..."

The reporters gradually realized what was going on and noticed the problem.

How come... it's not a revanchist narrative?

No, how come you've ended up bringing the people of the rainforest under your command as you're talking?

What you're implying is that the people of the rainforest should join you in overthrowing the Church?

With a few words, Gerrard directly brought up the historical ties between the various groups of people to the present situation.

In conclusion, all the mistakes were the fault of the Order of the Fathers.

People probably understood Gerrard's idea.

He was trying to emulate the Inazuma-shima alliance, whose claim in the Kyoto Insho War was not revenge, but liberation.

They did not know that liberating the desert people themselves would also liberate those exploited under the rule of the Church.

Especially the students of the Order of the Fathers.

These days, being exploited by professors while studying at academies and working for them without pay is a well-worn topic.

If they were to present a narrative of revanchism, they might not garner support from the people of the rainforest. Many in the rainforest have witnessed the miserable lives the desert people have endured for the past few centuries.

If they were to launch a large-scale revenge campaign, wouldn't the rainforest be turned into a river of blood?

The fear of such a scenario, especially when combined with the stereotype that "desert people are all brutal mercenaries," might unite the rainforest in its fight against the desert.

But now that we're using an egalitarian narrative, it's hard to say...

Equality, unity, harmony, and friendship—these values ​​perfectly align with those of normal human beings.

With Gerald's actions, as long as the desert army doesn't do anything outrageous, there might be quite a few people in the rainforest supporting the desert.

After all, the Council of the Order is indeed incompetent, and even the Rainforest people themselves have their complaints about it.

The press conference did not explicitly mention that it was a declaration of war against the Church of Jesus.

However, given its claim of liberation, people have already assumed that the two are at war.

Under these circumstances, the news of the desert's independence and the transformation of Teyvat from seven kingdoms to eight quickly spread throughout Teyvat, replacing the news and attention surrounding Inazuma and becoming the headline.

Gerrard's speech, which advocated for equality and unity, is also well-known and has won the favor of many people.

Of course, this does not include the rainforest under the jurisdiction of the Council of Religious Affairs.

Under the orders of the great sage Azhar, this content was directly blocked, forbidden from being circulated in the void, and related publications were also prohibited.

At the same time, he ordered the closure of Kawan Post Station and the desert area, prohibiting anyone from entering, and halting the research and archaeological activities of the Academy scholars in the desert area.

This seems to be the last vestige of the Church Council's efforts to save face.

Nevertheless, the truth will eventually come out.

In particular, the lack of news throughout the day and the ban on newspaper sales greatly aroused people's curiosity.

The best way to make something widely known is to prevent it from spreading.

Not to mention, Sumeru did not have a country-locking order.

Although the speed is slow and it is limited to word-of-mouth, the news is still spreading and becoming known to more and more people.

Those who are aware of the situation are now watching the reactions of the other countries.

Chapter 240 Hazard Breaks Through Defense

"The desert has become independent???"

Xin Hai informed Jiang Ming immediately upon receiving the credentials from the desert, while Jiang Ming stared at Xin Hai in astonishment.

"That's right, and the guiding principles and ideologies are the same. The organizational structure is basically copied from ours with few changes. The news has already spread in Fontainebleau, and it is said that the people of Fontainebleau believe that they are completely in line with us."

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He was truly unprepared for the desert's sudden independence.

The previous news from the desert was only about annihilating the remnants of the God-King.

Jiang Ming was extremely supportive of the elimination of this notorious mercenary organization, which he had already learned about in the storyline, exclaiming that it felt like popping champagne.

But what followed was unexpected.

He always felt that, given Gerald's consistent approach, they should continue to quietly amass wealth and focus on strengthening the internal development of the desert.

In any case, they were no longer in fact obeying the orders of the Council of the Church, and the Council's prohibitions were completely ignored.

But if they choose independence and break ties with the Order of the Fathers...

Jiang Ming suddenly realized the benefits of doing this.