I'm in the Teyvat running group

“If I can force his soul out, I should be able to capture him.” Nasita said, looking at everyone present. “This Ms. Sitralli can help me build a cage… Of course, even if we force his soul in, the battle will be extremely difficult.”

“Killing him is difficult, but not too troublesome. The problem now is how to capture him.” Yunxiu sighed and said, “Please ask Lord Little Lucky Grass and Sitella to build a cage first. We’ll figure out the rest.”

Narcida and Sylvanas nodded, and the two quickly began to work on the spot, with a large number of runes appearing on their hands. As soul-type demigods, which are extremely rare in Teyvat, the two of them usually communicated a lot.

Sitralli knows a little about everything, but her main expertise lies in soul communication and conceptual blocking, while Narcida is primarily proficient in soul control and other information-related fields.

He then turned his gaze to Linaia: "Could you please bring your sister over? We all need to take a look together."

“My sister… should still be with Zhidong.” Lina said with a hint of helplessness, “I was in a real hurry at the time, so I’ll go back now via the teleportation array.”

"No need for that trouble." Yunxiu nodded at Xiaoyue: "True Lord, I'm counting on you."

“That’s easy.” The Crescent Moon Hand placed on Lina’s shoulder and smiled slightly. A portal appeared in front of Lina, and on the other side was the fairy Kreno. Although the pink-haired girl was extremely surprised, she quickly controlled her expression and helped with Zhiqiong to move Kreno over.

Yunxiu looked at the fairy descendant seriously. In terms of talent and strength alone, she was actually slightly inferior to Linaya. Moreover, this was because Linaya's surveying mage was not focused on combat. If talent was considered alone, the gap should be even greater.

Although it's difficult to determine the age of an immortal being, Yunxiu could roughly tell that this person was several decades old. However, that wasn't an important matter... rather, lifespan was the most boring thing for immortal beings.

“There is no damage to her body or soul, and the seal is not a big problem. As long as we can get rid of the sage, we can unseal it at any time.” After taking a quick look, Yunxiu quickly came to a conclusion: “Her talent in prophecy is average, but it is within the range that can be cultivated. If she joins the Prophecy School of the Mage Association, she may discover the problem sooner.”

The Mage Guild does accept warlocks, but generally they don't accept those below the Genshin Impact level. This is mainly because it's not difficult for warlocks with good bloodlines to reach the seventh ring, but since Kreno is already at the ninth ring, they can make an exception.

“My sister has always been very wary of humans…” Lina said sadly, “This is actually because many humans do have quite a few problems during the Winter Solstice, but she has actually improved a lot in the last two years…”

“After she wakes up, you can have her become Qiming’s apprentice. I can put in a good word for her, and then she’ll be your peer.” Yunxiu smiled and said, “After you and your sister advance to the Familiar level, you can come to Wanmin Hall to find me. I will give you some rewards then.”

"Thank you, Master Yunxiu... oh no, thank you, Grandmaster." Lina was indeed somewhat surprised; she had never expected such treatment before.

“Everyone has one, although even I haven’t reached the Familiar level yet.” Zhiqiong smiled and pulled Linaya to sit down, giving her seat to the demigods around them. Everyone began to use their own methods to figure out how to solve the problem.

While it can't be said that the strongest group of people in Teyvat has gathered here, it can at least be said that a very strong group of people in Teyvat has gathered here. It could be said to be the strongest combination without the gods intervening. Yunxiu is very confident that this group can find a solution together. The Sage is a transcendent being, and he did it through crooked means. He didn't unify the universe.

“We checked on Kreno’s condition and found something very interesting.” Li Qinglian looked at the expectant Linaia and said with a hint of amusement, “The sage probably didn’t expect that someone with Kreno’s strength could so easily seal herself off and still leave information behind, because this fairy lady has no physical problems, or in other words, she did all this with such ease.”

"In terms of control over the physical body, even among the gods of Tivatri, perhaps only the Emperor surpasses me." Yi Xiaodaotian looked at Keleno's condition and said with certainty, "I can be sure that the Sage's current ability can only influence through the subconscious mind, and he actually urgently needs to restore his strength."

"why?"

“Without a physical body, the existence of the spirit is difficult to sustain for long, which is why Rene has not completely transcended it.” A peculiar soul shape appeared in Xiaoyue’s hand, and he indicated, “If I’m not mistaken, although the sage’s soul itself is powerful enough, he is probably no longer able to completely control his soul and conceptual existence. Therefore, finding a physical body has become his only option.”

“I read the last fluctuations of Kleino’s consciousness through some means. What the sage asked her to do was actually the same thing: to create a body so that her soul could enter it.”

"I see..." Yunxiu stroked his chin thoughtfully, a gesture that was typical of his. He looked at the group and said, "If we awaken Kleino now and have her actually create a body, what are the chances of fooling the Sage? Or rather, what are the odds of actually tricking her into that body?"

“It’s difficult. Kleinor has already reacted, so it’s best to let the sage discover… that such a being exists on his own.” Serene said, arms crossed. “He’s always been a very cautious person. He won’t believe something unless he discovers it himself.”

"And we also need to understand that although he is indeed in trouble now, trouble is not necessarily fatal. If he realizes he is surrounded, he will definitely stall us." Xiaoyue looked at the group and said, "If we have the ability to find some key artifact that the Sage possesses, then killing him will not be a problem. But the problem now is, where is this artifact?"

“Grandmaster…Grandmaster…” Lina cautiously tugged at Yunxiu’s mage robe: “I have an idea…”

"What's wrong?" Yunxiu looked at the fairy and smiled, "Feel free to speak up if you have any ideas. Now is a time for us to brainstorm."

“I remember there’s a saying in divination magic that to kill an omniscient being, you have to find the moment when they are no longer omniscient,” Lina said cautiously. “Grandmaster, since you are such a powerful archmage, you should have a way to find that ‘moment when they are no longer omniscient,’ right?”

“The Sage’s abilities have existed for five hundred years, and we’re not even sure if he had similar abilities five hundred years ago…” Yunxiu said with a smile, but then he suddenly seemed to have thought of something: “Use the power of the moon to influence the Sage’s past nodes, and kill him at those nodes!”

"But the wise man would certainly intervene in this situation..."

“We’ll give him a body, and give him a choice!” Yunxiu said, her eyes shining. “Is he going to gamble with us, betting that he can escape again, or betting that his past won’t be traced and erased by us!”

“You mean using PRIME? But we don’t have the Sage’s information as our initial location…” Xiaoyue began to add, but then he suddenly realized, “You mean, using the information in Kleino’s soul as a node…”

“That’s right! This is the biggest benefit of Kreno’s self-imposed seal. We can cut out this memory of hers and use it to trace back in reverse!” Yunxiu looked at the fairy’s body with some excitement and said, “Sydella can extract this memory of hers and use it to search. Although losing a part of Kreno’s memory and a bit of her soul is indeed a loss, we can make up for it in this respect... and it’s not difficult.”

"Now...we're going to..."

“That’s right, now we need to let the Sage know this information.” Yunxiu said with a smile, “I will immediately notify Rene to release the information. PRIME will use the information from his memories to trace back the events of the Black Catastrophe five hundred years ago, and unravel the secrets of the Five Great Sinners. At the same time…”

"At the same time, you'll ask Sethos to create a body for you, right?" Xiaoyue also understood Yunxiu's thinking somewhat: "No... Sethos already has many bodies. You just need to ask him to loosen his guard over his experimental subjects a bit..."

“Yes, even if he’s in a bad state, he’ll still come to check on things. We want him to come and never come back.” Yunxiu thumped her palm and said, “Then let’s do it this way. Everyone, let’s start preparing. Once we truly kill the sage, the incident from five hundred years ago can basically be put to rest.”

After finalizing a plan, Yunxiu quickly sent out all the relevant information.

Rene's side received the news quickly; within a week, they could squeeze out some time to run the program to find the sage's coordinates from back then. With Columbia's powers, they could pinpoint the sage's location from 500 years ago.

As the head of the Necromancer's Department, Sesos did indeed create quite a few bodies. On the one hand, this was to prepare for the occasional resurrection by the Mage Association, and on the other hand, it was also an interest of the Necromancer's School... after all, the Necromancer's School itself was closely related to these technologies.

Linaia and Zhiqiong stayed at the Wanmin Hall. There were many houses there after the expansion, so there was no need to worry about anything happening. Little Lucky Grass King and Sitrali also extracted Kreno's memory about the sage. After the fairy woke up, she temporarily lived with her sister. Staying at the Wanmin Hall for a few days was not a big deal.

As for Yunxiu herself, she quickly began preparing for this battle against the sage.

The time when Yunxiu killed the sage six years ago was also fraught with difficulties. Although Yunxiu's strength was different from now, it was basically on the same level. However, she still failed to kill him completely. This time, Yunxiu herself is not very confident about the final outcome. But one thing is almost certain: the sage himself is not confident either.

The five sinners of Canria: the Prophet seeks liberation and self-destruction, the Evil Knight pursues limitless power, but this is actually the easiest to achieve.

The Moon Hunters have been killed, and Rhinedoth is the one who fared the best...

Only the wise man could be considered one of the instigators of the disaster five hundred years ago.

A week later, Yunxiu finally stood in the PRIME control room, watching everything in front of her being activated at full power.

This is how we use the wisdom of the sage to deduce the moment when he gained crucial power!

Chapter 504 Battlefield Selection and Schemes

"Why is the information we're trying to retrieve this time such a strange thing?" René looked at the peculiar substance in Yunxiu's hand and asked curiously, "It's like a product of memory... but it doesn't seem to be entirely like that?"

"The product that Sitaleli maintained using the Smoke Lord's Scroll is actually a conceptualized organization of memories, perhaps composed of 'memory factors'," Yunxiu said with a smile as she fed the mass of the product into the large ring's feed port. "And with the Little Auspicious Grass King's information capture and solidification spells, this thing can be considered completely conceptualized."

This is a new spell developed by Setrali and Nasita together, called "Memory Flow Binding". Purely from the perspective of the spell itself, it can almost be considered a thirteenth-ring spell. However, conceptually it does not fully reach the level of a thirteenth-ring spell. It can be considered to be at the level of a twelfth-and-a-half-ring spell.

It's basically on the same level as Yunxiu's [Eternal Pure Land], almost reaching the limit of magic at the current level. However, it still needs to be completed with the help of some medium, namely the scroll that only the Great Shaman Yanmi can weave. This is also a kind of conceptual magic artifact.

“These matters of the soul are indeed profound and mysterious, and I’m not an expert in this area.” Rene watched as the super scientific device began operating at full power and asked with some curiosity, “I’ve also seen that ‘Sage’ in the records of Kanria back then. They said he was a key figure at the time, but I couldn’t find any results using the World Scale calculation, nor could I find any information about him. What’s going on?”

"He was the key figure who spearheaded the entire Abyss Project at the time, and it was under his guidance that the Black King Ilmin entered this field."

"In other words, strictly speaking, he was the one who started the Black Catastrophe five hundred years ago?"

“Yes, but the answer is not that simple. I think you have also calculated that the event five hundred years ago was bound to happen.” Yunxiu said calmly, “The event five hundred years ago may also have been a deliberate flood release, but that being in the heavens overreacted… He did not expect that the power of the abyss would not only destroy Kanria, but also cause countless catastrophic accidents.”

"The world itself is anchored to a line, but the line itself fluctuates constantly for various reasons?" René looked at his boss with some surprise, and after thinking for a long time, he continued, "If that's the case, doesn't that mean that the existence of the Abyss is actually with his tacit approval?"

"You should have also obtained a lot of information from the universe, whether it's the Chamber of Commerce's internal database or the information about Remuria and Kanria back then, you should have seen it all."

"While the study of the abyss in the universe is not commonplace, it is a normal thing. Where there is a world, there will be an abyss; it's just that it's more extreme in Teyvat."

"Perhaps his mindset at the time was that Kanria was not a citizen of the Seven Order, and sacrifice might not be a bad way to solve most problems, but who could have known what would happen next?"

Yunxiu sighed helplessly. This was not Fanes' fault. In fact, it was a normal choice that every being who came here would make. But the problem is, even if a choice is normal, is it necessarily right? The answer is of course no. Since the answer is no, then don't blame the various beings around you for starting to turn against you and abandon you in the following hundreds of years.

If a company owner consistently has many problems but is highly capable, then despite internal chaos, many things can still be controlled.

If a company boss occasionally makes some mistakes but is a good person, then his subordinates will certainly make appropriate choices in many situations.

However, if a company's boss is highly capable but uses his abilities for internal control, frequently makes mistakes and doesn't correct them personally, and occasionally causes major chaos that almost leads to the company's collapse, the fact that the company has managed to survive for many years is most likely because everyone is in the same boat.

In Teyvat now, everyone is in the same boat, and that cannot be changed.

"How much longer until we get the data results?" Yunxiu asked, looking at the six large rings that were beginning to compress completely. "Of course... this experiment may not yield the final results yet."

“Based on the current situation and the relevant plans, compression and detonation will take seven hours and twenty-five minutes, but providing the data will only take a moment…” René looked at the crystal plate in his hand, thought for a moment and said, “You mean, the Sage will appear and prevent the success of this experiment? But the problem is, the Genesis Center has been almost completely sealed off, so he probably won’t be able to get in.”

“Of course I know that, but he will definitely give me a reason to leave... Of course, he also knows that this is what I want.” Yunxiu smiled somewhat strangely: “I chose a battlefield that is unfavorable to him, and he will definitely choose a battlefield that is unfavorable to me, so that I cannot gather enough strength to surround and kill him.”

"So, you're betting that the battlefield he chose is the same battlefield you chose?" René looked at Yunxiu with some surprise. "You're not a gambler... and if you lose this time, will you be able to track him down next time?"

“You don’t understand. He won’t choose a battlefield that’s advantageous to him because he knows I’ll definitely set up an ambush there. He’ll only choose a battlefield that’s disadvantageous to me.” Yunxiu shook her head and said, “As for the choice of battlefield, he won’t choose the kind that involves threatening people or anything like that, because the Seven Orders are something he can’t challenge. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have started with Kanria back then.”

"So for him, there aren't many battlefields to choose from. For me, it's about 50/50 chance."

René nodded and didn't continue speaking. He didn't ask Yunxiu which battlefield she had chosen, but that wasn't important to him. After all, he was just a scientist. Although he was a proper demigod transcendent, his combat power was only enough to fight against ordinary peak legendary beings. He couldn't even handle some of the strongest among the peak legendary beings. He could be said to be the weakest demigod in terms of combat power.

However, given enough time and preparation, he was confident that he could deal with any demigod; that was his confidence as the first scholar of Teyvat.

The large scientific device operated for a full six hours. Suddenly, René noticed that to the east of Fontaine, a strange and terrifying aura began to linger, with an extremely twisted penetrating force, as if it were brewing something throughout the world. When he looked up at Yunxiu, he found that the Son of God, who had been sitting quietly for six hours, had stood up.

"Preserve the last data. The experiment must not be interrupted under any circumstances." Yunxiu left these words, opened the spatial portal, and vanished instantly. But in that instant, René saw layers upon layers of magical halos flashing around him, making him seem as if he had disappeared from all information in this world!

"Speaking of which, has he gotten stronger again? It feels like the aura of his spells is at least a third stronger than last time..." René looked in the direction where Yunxiu disappeared, thought for a moment, but quickly stopped paying attention.

"Whatever, he's not going to use that on me anyway."

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An hour earlier, in a peculiar laboratory within a temple in the desert somewhere in Sumeru.

Researchers dressed in the uniforms of the Order of the Church were diligently recording various data. The laboratory of a legendary high-ranking necromancer was not easy to enter. Most scholars who entered this place cherished this opportunity. After all, even now, when the number of legendary figures has increased at least four or five times compared to ten years ago, legendary high-ranking figures are not common.

In addition, necromancers are extremely rare; there are only two legendary high-level necromancers on the entire continent.

"There seems to be a problem with the incubation area in zone C-02? It seems like... some of the clones here are missing?" Senior researcher Karim stared intently at the monitoring screen on the crystal plate: "Although the data itself is fine and the monitoring is normal, it just feels like something is definitely missing here?"

“Send security personnel over. This is a resurrection vessel for a group of powerful members of the Familia level. If something goes wrong, it won’t be something you can handle.” Another researcher from Mondstadt, Patchi, looked at Karim and the crystal plate, crossed her arms, and said, “Although I study ancient ruins and necromancy, I can also see that there are actually big problems here.”

“Okay…you’re right.” Karim grabbed the communicator and said, “There’s a problem in Sector C-02. Security forces, please send a squad to investigate immediately. If there’s a problem, suppress it immediately!”

"Received." The captain of the security force, a legendary early-stage powerhouse named Fuad, led several Genshin Impact-level team members to Sector C-02. He was originally a mercenary in a 30-man group, responsible for guarding Aru Village. However, after the flood control war, he used his points to exchange for several opportunities to be guided by powerful familiars. In addition, he also managed to get a training package from the merchant guild. Although the process was difficult, he was lucky and became a legendary early-stage powerhouse.

However, having not achieved any breakthroughs as expected, Fuad did not choose to go to the Dead Zone for training. Instead, he returned to the group of thirty and was assigned to the research lab to be in charge of security work, with quite good treatment.

For a mercenary like him, who couldn't even reach the higher ranks in a group of thirty, this treatment was quite satisfactory.

He was already very familiar with the route from the security zone to Zone C, where he was used to train his body. He had to patrol there once in the morning and once in the evening, and occasionally he had to check if there was a problem in a certain place.

Although these bodies have no souls, the powerful bodies themselves can occasionally give rise to a consciousness that is not quite real, and he still needs to erase these things.

Of course, there's no need to do it yourself. The machine developed by Dean Sesos here is very easy to use. Just press it on the head of those bodies, and it will be perfectly removed.

However, upon seeing the scene before him, he was still incredibly surprised, as it completely exceeded his expectations.

The bodies here even started fighting each other, but all the monitoring facilities and security measures became ineffective, and even actively intervened in the battle!

"What...what's going on?"

Chapter 505 A Broken Body Lurks, Harboring Calamity

Most of the powerful familiar-level bodies crafted by Cethos possess extremely strong basic attributes, even those of Fuad, who possessed the standard artifacts issued by the research institute, were at most more than half as strong.

These bodies themselves lack sufficient consciousness. He was confident that he could handle the combined attack of seven or eight bodies, since none of them had consciousness. However, there were as many as seventy or eighty bodies currently embroiled in a chaotic battle!

Fuad lunged at the wall and activated the base's alarm. Instantly, a red signal spread throughout the entire research institute. As everyone was still in shock, his voice came through the emergency communication link: "A+ level incident triggered in Zone C. All researchers must evacuate immediately. Zone C must be sealed off immediately. Requesting a 30-person team of strong personnel for support!"