Genshin Impact, starting from becoming the God of the Ocean

The Abyss Chanter was shocked and raised his hand to unleash lightning.

"Feel the grace!"

Long! Long! Long!

Lightning bolts struck, and Su Zhe, 'outmatched,' was knocked back. He shouted, 'Kill it quickly! Don't let it escape! Otherwise, our plan will be exposed!'

The Coral Palace warriors immediately rushed forward.

Seeing that the situation was bad, the Abyss Chanter glared hatefully at the Abyss, then turned and rushed out of the entrance, disappearing into the black mist.

"Sir, it has escaped!"

"Can't catch it? Oh well, never mind. I didn't expect it to be so powerful. Sigh!"

Yuan Shang: "???"

No, brother, you just said you were going to kill them, right?

Chapter 22 Is the Sea of ​​Hearts Not Human?

Yuan Shang was completely stunned.

Everything happened so suddenly that he didn't even have time to react.

When Su Zhe made his move, he had only one thought in his mind: to kill Su Zhe to prove his innocence.

But this thought only lasted for a fleeting moment. Even though Su Zhe had already unleashed several 'Ora' combos in that instant, seeing the Abyss Apostle lying half-dead on the ground, a second thought arose in his mind—

Su Zhe killed the Abyss Apostle and the Chanter so that he would not be suspected.

As a result, the Abyss Chanter actually ran away!

Damn, boss, your acting is terrible! You just easily defeated the Abyss Apostle, but you can't handle a single bolt of lightning? You're kidding me!

He could tell at a glance that Su Zhe was faking it.

But soon Yuan Shang felt puzzled again. He had never met Su Zhe before, so how did the other party know about him?

Could it be... that someone else in the cult told Su Zhe?

Yuan Shang's pupils contracted, and he suddenly understood Su Zhe's purpose.

They obtained information from an 'insider' within the cult, then orchestrated this drama, ultimately releasing the Abyss Chanter to solidify his traitorous charges.

As a result, he is now basically unable to return to the Abyss Order.

What should we do now?

Yuan Shang was somewhat bewildered for a moment.

There's no escaping it, no way to win, and no way to clear your name.

It seems like there's no other way but suicide?

But Su Zhe didn't kill him; he just had the half-dead Abyss Apostle killed by stabbing.

"Xinhai, take a look at these books, sort them, and take them out with you."

"Ah."

They understood each other perfectly.

Some of the books here are probably things that should not be known to outsiders.

Take back the 'useless' books and hide the 'useful' ones.

"Nobody cares about me?"

Yuan Shang looked around and found that the people from the Coral Palace had all gone to move books. As they walked past him, they even politely said, "Excuse me, could you move aside?" as if they didn't treat him like an outsider at all.

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shang was about to slip away when Su Zhe walked over.

"Come out with me."

"Why?"

"If you don't come out, I'll kill you."

"..."

Yuan Shang was really curious as to why Su Zhe knew him. Was there a mole within the cult causing trouble?

Driven by the desire to find the truth, Yuan Shang temporarily abandoned his plan to "bite his tongue and commit suicide" and followed Su Zhe out of the library.

Walking to a corner, Su Zhe stopped and looked him over with interest.

Yuan Shang suddenly discovered the key point.

"You're actually in a conscious state!?"

"Congratulations on getting it right, but it's useless. That's not the question I wanted to ask you."

What do you want to ask me?

Yuan Shang took a step back without leaving a trace.

Now that he's out of the heavily guarded library, Su Zhe is all alone. As long as he can create some distance, he'll be free to roam. Under this black mist filled with the abyss, who can find him?

"No rush," Su Zhe said with a smile. "Let's make a deal first."

Yuan Shang asked warily, "What kind of deal?"

"I'll give you two seconds. You can run wherever you want. I'll come back for you after two seconds. If you escape, that's fine. If you don't escape, you have to answer three questions for me. How about it?"

Yuan Shang was somewhat surprised to hear Su Zhe's words.

"you sure?"

The Abyss Palace is a place where the powers of the three realms converge. It is much more convenient for the Abyss to operate here than on the Teyvat continent.

They can move using the power of ley lines, as seen in the seemingly teleporting behavior of Abyss Mages and the escape of Abyss Apostles by opening rifts.

Yuan Shang naturally had his own means of protecting himself; otherwise, why would he dare to venture alone into Yuanxia Palace to investigate?

In just two seconds, he had vanished from the Abyss Palace, which was shrouded in black mist.

Su Zhe wants to capture him? Dream on!

"Of course, once the contract is made, the one who breaks it shall be punished by being eaten by rocks."

"You seem very confident in your abilities?" Yuan Shang said in a deep voice. "Although you can defeat us, you still underestimate the Abyss. At least when it comes to escaping, I am more adept than the average Abyss person."

Su Zhe maintained his smile: "Go ahead and try. It'll only take two seconds. I won't stop you."

"Okay! I hope you keep your word."

Yuan Shang was overjoyed. "I'll count, three, two..."

Swish!

As the power of the abyss converged, Yuan Shang had already planned how to explain things to His Highness the Prince upon their return. However—

Uh-huh?

Two seconds, or even a second longer, it should be three seconds, Yuan Shang himself wasn't sure, because he found himself still standing in the same spot, with Su Zhe still standing opposite him with a smile.

"???"

What the hell?!

Yuan Shang was somewhat puzzled, even doubting that he had just been hallucinating and hadn't started taking any action yet.

He wasn't entirely sure, because he had indeed prepared to escape, but he wasn't sure if he had actually taken any action.

After a moment of silence, he tentatively asked, "Shall I begin?"

Su Zhe nodded: "Okay, you count them."

Was it really just my imagination?

Yuan Shang made full preparations and ensured that he remained conscious at this moment.

"Three, two..."

Yuan Shang began to fantasize again about how he would explain things to His Highness the Prince when he returned, and then—

Swish!

"???"

When Yuan Shang came to his senses, he found himself still in the same spot.

Su Zhe asked with a puzzled look, "Mr. Yuanshang, why aren't you running away?"

"I just..."

Yuan Shang was a little confused.

what happened?

He must have had the idea of ​​escaping just now, and he definitely put it into action. Although I don't remember the details, there's no doubt about it.

In other words, he did want to run away, and he did run away.

But as a result, he failed to escape and didn't even know what had happened.

This kind of thing...

Yuan Shang stared at Su Zhe, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "Did I just leave?"

"Why are you asking me this kind of question? But from my perspective, you really haven't left. Isn't it because you, Mr. Yuanshang, have realized your mistake and are ready to abandon darkness and embrace the light?"

"..."

I'd vote for a ghost!

The abyss will never be enslaved!

However, Yuan Shang suspected that Su Zhe must have done something to affect the flow of the earth's vein power, changing his escape route, such as forming a circle that would bring him back to his original location.

Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, this is the only reasonable explanation. Otherwise, what could it be? It couldn't be that Su Zhe rewound his time, could it?

That kind of thing could probably only be done by the legendary figure, and as for information about that person, he only knew that they existed and that they had appeared in Yuanxia Palace, but he didn't even know their name.

So one of his purposes in coming here was to investigate this matter.

After Yuan Shang's third failed escape attempt, it was finally confirmed that Su Zhe had tampered with the plan.