Is there something wrong with playing Genshin Impact in the dungeon?

"And if you use the word 'cute' to describe me again, I'll punch your head off."

"..."

Erebus was stunned.

After a while...

"Ha, interesting."

The black-haired, highlighted male god smiled with narrowed eyes, "You..."

"If you say flirtatious things to girls in front of me, you might easily lose 'something'~"

Ying smiled very kindly, and made a 'scissors' gesture with her right hand.

"..."

Erebus swallowed back all the words he was about to say.

at last……

"Okay, I'll be a good listener."

He waved to Ying, "Please begin your performance."

"very good."

Ying nodded, then clapped her hands...

"Crack crack crack~"

Wooden strips sprouted from the ground and quickly formed a chair... no, it would be more accurate to describe it as a 'restraint chair'.

Erebus was directly fixed to it.

If you put an electrified helmet on his head, Ying could easily be given the nickname 'Thunder King'.

Far away.

In short, it was in this eerie atmosphere that...

"Once upon a time, there was an evil god who deeply loved the beings of the mortal realm. In order to create a possibility for the children's 'future,' he was willing to bear a bad reputation and become the 'trial' itself on the children's path..."

Ying first summoned Paimon, who routinely 'patrolled' the surrounding area. After confirming that there was no immediate risk of 'being overheard,' she began to tell a 'story' that she knew.

...The evil god, who claims to want to destroy order and boasts of being 'absolutely evil,' has joined forces with two former 'heroes' and stood on the opposite side of 'order'.

He was very clever; with a seemingly exaggerated and terrifying plan, he attracted countless evil people and evil gods to gather around him.

He attempted to use himself as 'bait' to wipe out the evil forces in one fell swoop.

At the same time, this 'trial' will forge true 'heroes'.

Did He succeed in the end?

maybe.

The originally large-scale criminal gang was thus disintegrated and rendered powerless.

The future 'seedlings' are indeed able to transform in this process.

But what will be the cost?

It is the loss of tens of thousands of innocent lives.

It is the 'hero' who bears eternal infamy and sacrifices his life that could have been saved.

Some say that if evil forces continue to exist, the number of casualties will only be greater and more numerous.

This era of widespread tragedy will not come to an end so soon.

but……

"Water that is too clear has no fish."

"And people can grow not only by throwing themselves into trials specially arranged by 'God'."

"After all, if everything was arranged by God from the beginning, then even if people pass all the trials in the end, they are only completing a 'pre-arranged script'."

"This is far from being a truly worthwhile 'unknown' to look forward to."

Within the ruins, Ying looked at Erebus, "What do you think?"

Chapter 368 Don't Discuss Age with 'Auntie' (Serious Face)

What is 'justice'?

This is a question that Erebus repeatedly asked in "The Memoirs of Astraea".

He asked everyone within the Astrea Familia.

Among them, Ryukyu received special attention.

And now...

"To be honest, this kind of question, which is inherently vague, is not about getting an 'answer' from the beginning, but about getting the respondent to 'understand their own mind,' right?"

As an outsider, Ying clearly had a very thorough understanding of the relevant matters.

After all, if we were to insist on taking the question raised by Erebus seriously and debate it...

Unlike the immortal gods, beings in the mortal realm begin their journey towards death from the moment they are born.

So... since we are destined to die eventually, why bother trying to live?

Very simple!

The meaning of 'living' is not something that exists from the beginning, but rather something that the person living it needs to find and pass on.

The same goes for 'justice'.

No one can provide an 'absolutely correct answer' that everyone can agree on.

So, the most important thing is to gain 'self's approval.

This is the true meaning of 'enlightenment', which frees one from confusion.

Ying knew that in the original trajectory of the future in the current world, Ryu did indeed have a "temporary" moment of enlightenment at the end of the "Seven Days of Death" great struggle.

After she made up her mind, she did indeed gain the approval of Erebus... and even [Quiet] Alfia.

But fate played a cruel trick on them. Just two years later, the Astrea Familia was nearly wiped out by the 'Destroyer-Zagnat' after being betrayed by the remnants of the Rudra Familia.

At that moment, with so many sacrifices happening around her, the elven girl was once again plunged into confusion.

This psychological trauma directly delayed her for five years.

People change.

"No one is always strong, nor is anyone always weak."

"Those who don't change are either unparalleled sages or walking corpses."

Once, Ying had heard a rather quirky remark from Ling Shu (the real body).

He said, "A person's life experiences, everything they go through, are like an electrocardiogram. If one day the ups and downs stop, then that person is gone."

Ryu has her moments of glory, but later falls into a long period of depression, only to bounce back again...

That's what a human being is like.

This is the true nature of the 'unknown'.

and so……

“The myriad beings in this lower realm never need any god to ‘kindly’ arrange trials for them.”

"A harsh environment, unscrupulous villains, terrifying monsters, and even... an unknown future."

"In one's life, one will encounter all sorts of 'trials'."

“But things like ‘Since so-and-so has overcome the most difficult trial, she will never be defeated by any setback in the future’ are illogical and heretical.”

A wise man must have a loss if he is worried.

Even the greatest general in the world can have a moment of unexpected defeat.

In summary……

"Isn't it too hasty to judge everything based on a simple 'trial'?"

In the ruins of the old city, Ying stared directly at Erebus, who was sitting in the 'restraint chair', and asked this question.

next moment……

"Furthermore, you guys are really quite bored to agree to such an absurd 'plan'."

Ying deliberately spoke the last sentence very loudly.

Because, just as she was telling the 'story', two figures had already quietly approached her.

He and she were standing in a dark corner, existing as the second and third listeners.

However, Paimon, who was already in hiding, had already discovered it.

At present...

"Unfamiliar faces I've never seen before."

A cold female voice reached Ying's ears, "In Orario these days, even a little girl like you can spout nonsense so easily?"

Upon hearing this...

"Oh? Little girl?"

A mischievous smile appeared on Ying's face.

She looked toward the source of the sound, where a silver-haired woman in a black dress stood.

The other person closed their eyes naturally, exuding a serene and elegant aura.

but……

"I am probably over 52,600 years old this year. How old are you?"

"..."