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Turning around, Zhongli squatted down, staring into Nashida's eyes with his golden pupils, and his tone was extremely solemn.

"Now that the Rock King has passed away, the people of Liyue are now in your care."

After saying that, Zhongli put his hand back on Nashida's head while she looked like she had lost all hope in life.

It can be seen that Zhongli still feels guilty towards Nashida. After all, he threw such a big thing on her head right away, so he has been trying to use the method that Boyer said to calm her down.

But is there a possibility that she came to Liyue just to discuss cooperation, not to save the people, and certainly not to buy more clothes for herself...

Chapter 168: Little Gods and Little Dependents

In the Minlin area northwest of Liyue Harbor, there is such a strange giant tree.

It has a huge trunk that is dozens of stories high, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding rock walls; and on the surface of its trunk, there are many strange and imaginative patterns.

If you expand the elemental vision, you can find that these patterns also emit the breath of different elements, which makes people extremely curious about the origin of this tree.

It is said that the name of this giant tree is "Fulong Tree". As the name suggests, its origin is closely related to "dragon".

By consulting ancient books about this tree, we can learn that in ancient times of Liyue, there once existed a rock dragon as huge as a mountain.

His honorable name is "Lord Rādhāra". After being granted eyes by Morax, he has always been by Morax's side, fighting together in ancient Liyue.

With the help of the Dragon King Ruota, all the evil spirits of ancient Liyue were killed, the earth stopped shaking, the waves stopped surging, and Morax finally won the war against demons.

There is no doubt that this is a beautiful story about gods and their followers, a dragon and a god standing shoulder to shoulder to create a new era.

But like many ultimately broken vows, this story takes a dramatic turn as time goes on.

Due to the damage to the earth veins caused by ore mining and the wear and tear caused by a long period of time, King Rhodo forgot the promise he had made and turned against his former comrades.

At that time, under the rage of the Rock Dragon, the earthquake that had long since subsided suddenly started again, and suddenly there was another collapse of the sky and the earth. He destroyed everything that he had cherished in the past with his own hands.

For the sake of the people of Liyue, Morax, who had become the Geo King, had to summon all the immortals again. After a fierce battle, he finally suppressed the mad Dragon King Ruota under the South Heaven Gate.

This Fulong tree was formed from the last small piece of the dragon tail left on the surface of the Rādhāra Dragon King who was suppressed underground.

"So, this tree is the guy's tail?"

Standing in front of the Fulong Tree with Nashida and Zhongli, Apep looked up at the giant tree that reached into the sky with a look of disdain.

"As a giant dragon, it's really sad that he ended up like this."

Apep, who has always regarded himself as a rebel against the laws of nature, naturally looked down on this rock dragon that first made friends with the Seven Gods and was then sealed by the gods.

In her opinion, what King Rhoda did was a complete disgrace to their race of dragons.

As a giant dragon, he did not resist the will of heaven, but instead took the initiative to surrender to the lackeys of heaven. Not only did he surrender, but he also ended up being sealed. He was truly depraved to the extreme.

"Unlike me, I never stopped resisting the outsiders from the beginning to the end, and I never acknowledged the departure of those outsiders...Seven Gods."

Apep raised her little head proudly, and her tone showed the pride of being a dragon.

But before she could finish her words, a look from Nashida made her shut her mouth and quickly change her words.

"Oh, my dear sister, what did you want to say just now?"

But it was obvious that Nashida was not going to let Apep go so easily. She leaned against her body and gave her a kind smile.

Nashida's smile was as lovely as ever, but to Apep, this smile was something else.

'Oops, I got carried away and said the wrong thing.'

Being stared at by Nashida like this, Apep, who had just been so proud and mocking the Dragon King Rudra, now had a wandering look in his eyes and was sweating profusely.

"No, nothing, I just slipped up, how could I be dissatisfied with my good sister, haha..."

Facing the pair of grass-green pupils that were getting closer and closer to him, Apep took half a step back.

It was not until now that she suddenly realized that her current situation was not much better than that of King Rudra.

Not only has she signed a vassal contract with Nashida, she has also transformed from a majestic dragon into this little loli. Even her recent behavior has been affected by this body and has become "full of majesty."

It can even be said that compared to the other elemental dragons in Teyvat today, Apep is the one who is least qualified to discuss the pride of the dragon clan.

"Hmph, let's just leave it at that this time. Next time you go to see the Dragon King Ruota, don't tell me nonsense."

Imitating the movements that Boyer had made when he hit her, Nashida stood on tiptoe and gave Apep a slap on the head.

"I know, I know, I won't say anything."

Covering the place where Nashida had just hit him with his hands, Apep waved his hands repeatedly to tell Nashida that he would not do it again.

Ever since she transformed into this form, she was really afraid that Nashida would give her this blow, causing her pain for a long time.

But she would only tolerate Nashida treating her like this. If it was someone else, even if it was Boyer who always wanted her to call him mother, she would fight back without hesitation.

All I can say is that this is the way that this pair of new gods and their followers have been getting along over the past period of time.

"It's getting late, Senior Zhongli, let's break the seal now and go find the Ruota Dragon King."

After the brief interaction, it was time to get down to business. Of course, the reason they came here was to find the Dragon King Rudra.

"Of course, please step back two steps and I will remove the seal."

Unlike the original plot, at this time, the Dragon King Ruta has not broken the seal, so if Zhongli wants to see him, he must first unlock the seal.

But at the same time as the seal was opened, Zhongli, who had watched the entire interaction between Nashida and Apep, felt a little curious.

He didn't know much about the Grass Dragon King, only that he was indeed a very ancient dragon, so ancient that it could be traced back to before the "original one" came to this world.

But now, the Grass Dragon King was able to humble himself and was willing to sign a family contract with Nashida, which really surprised him.

She didn't know what extraordinary qualities her younger generation had, or what promises he had made to the other party in order to tame the dragon.

After all, he couldn't possibly agree to join the other party in rebelling against the law of nature. If that were the case, given Apep's hostility towards the law of nature, it would be possible.

I just don’t know how this junior plans to achieve this goal.

But these have nothing to do with what he has to do now. His top priority now is to restore King Ruota's sanity as soon as possible and prepare for the subsequent drastic changes in Liyue.

"Nasida, I will suppress Ruotu's resistance later. As for helping him sort out his memory through the World Tree, I'll leave it to you."

Accompanied by a flash of rock elemental light, Zhongli finally released the seal of the Dragon King Ruotu, followed by an earth-shaking movement and a loud roar.

"Morax, it's time to settle everything!"

Chapter 169 Wear and tear

As we all know, wear and tear is an unavoidable problem for the immortal species on the continent of Teyvat, whether they are demons or elemental dragons.

From a performance perspective, the most intuitive manifestation of wear and tear is the gradual loss of memory and the irreversible change in the cognition of things, until finally the temperament changes drastically and the behavior is completely different from before.

For example, the Dragon King Ruota who is fighting fiercely with Apep and Zhongli in front of him, because of wear and tear, he lost his memory of the past and eventually lost his rationality.

However, judging from the performance of many different individuals after being subjected to wear and tear, "wear and tear" is a very metaphysical thing.

In practical cases, it is difficult to give a specific definition to explain wear and tear, because the source of wear and tear is different for each person, and as individuals change, the impact of wear and tear also varies.

For example, the leader of the band Jean in Mondstadt, her wear and tear was the "heavy pressure" brought to her by the various affairs of Mondstadt, but her strong will enabled her to resist the invasion of wear and tear. [1]

For example, the short immortal in Liyue, his wear and tear comes more from the karma he carries, which erodes his will all the time.

Another example is Zhongli, the God of Rock in Liyue. His wear and tear comes more from his experience of more than 6,000 years. He has gone through countless meetings and separations, and over time, his emotions have gradually been worn down.

To sum up, it is not difficult to find that although these wears and tear have different sources and manifestations, they all have one thing in common, that is, the erosion of consciousness.

It is like an inherent rule of Teyvat. Wear and tear is everywhere and at all times, eroding the soul of every intelligent creature in Teyvat every moment.

But for Nashida at this moment, her perception of wear and tear was not so profound.

After all, she only has a memory of a little over 500 years, which is too young for a demon god.

In addition, over the past five hundred years, her memory has basically remained in a space of only a few cubic meters, and her understanding of the outside world is limited to the void network. The lack of cognition has also made her less susceptible to wear and tear.

But this does not mean that she is unaware of the harm this thing can cause to intelligent creatures, because there are many examples of this around her, such as the Dragon King Rudra who is gradually being suppressed and beaten in front of her, and her newly adopted adoptive sister Apep.

There is no need to say much about the wear and tear of King Rudra, but the wear and tear of Apep is somewhat worrying.

Because compared to her ridiculously long lifespan, the wear and tear she suffered seems so negligible.

Even after living for so many years and being eroded by forbidden knowledge, Apep's understanding of himself surprisingly has not changed much. He even remembers his purpose of rebelling against the laws of nature clearly, without any deviation.

Not only that, her memory is much more complete than that of the Dragon King Rudra. Even though some of it is missing due to forbidden knowledge and she has forgotten some less important memories, it is still very complete overall.

Even some of her lost memories returned after Nashida completed the purification of forbidden knowledge, such as the agreement she had made with the Great Kindness Tree King and the agreement she had made with the elemental life in her body. [2]

This inevitably made Nashida have some associations with this, for example, the so-called wear and tear may be closely related to the symbol of the current order of Teyvat - Sky Island.

In her opinion, those who are suffering from severe wear and tear nowadays are almost all lives that honestly obey the rule of heaven.

However, Apep, a troublemaker who was born before Tenri came to Teyvat and had never submitted to Tenri's rule, was not much affected by Tenri.

Of course, Nashida is not responsible for the strange things that Apep has done recently after he came into contact with the Internet.

You can't say that Apep was fine for all these years, and now that he has become her dependent and has transformed into her appearance, he has become stupid.

Anyway, it definitely has nothing to do with her, especially with her appearance.

"It looks like this battle is almost over."

After sitting aside and daydreaming for so long, the battle between one god and two dragons in front of Nashida was coming to an end.

From the very beginning of the battle, out of consideration for the younger generation and to create good conditions for Nashida's subsequent actions, Zhongli had no intention of holding back against the Dragon King Rudra.

In addition, after being hit on the head by Nashida, Apep, who was full of anger, also joined the battle. It can be said that today is definitely the most uncomfortable day in the life of King Rudra.

It was so painful that before the Dragon King Ruota could finish his lines and even say "how to repay" he was hit by a mixed doubles attack from the stars falling from the sky and the giant trees rising from the ground.

Fortunately, the Ruota Dragon King is not their real enemy, otherwise, if it were someone else, he would have met justice under the double attack of the "God of War" and the "Grass Dragon King".

However, the current situation of the Dragon King Ruota is not much better. In the center of this underground space, he is surrounded tightly by countless rock ridges and vines and cannot move.

Only his still stubborn mouth can still slightly display his dragon's majesty.

"Moracus, since I've been defeated, you can kill me or chop me up as you please, why do you have to imprison me here?"

Being beaten like a punching bag, King Ruotu was of course very angry, but due to his lack of strength, he could only talk about it.

"My old friend, everything I did today was for your own good. When you think back on everything, you will naturally understand my good intentions."

After confirming that the Dragon King Ruota was indeed unable to move, Zhongli continued to suppress him while trying to dissuade him.

It's just a pity that at this time, the Dragon King Ruda obviously didn't listen to anything he said, and could only repeat a few lines like "a thousand years of hatred" and "how to repay".

This made Apep, who was already unhappy with the Dragon King Ruota, frown immediately, and he gave the Dragon King Ruota a super double attack, increasing the strength of the vines that bound the Dragon King Ruota even more.

"Hmph, you who have lost the pride of the dragon, don't embarrass yourself in front of me." While saying this, Apep raised his head slightly, his expression even more disdainful.

But the next moment, when she found that Nashida was flying towards her from behind, she put away her attitude and put a smile on her face again.

She will still give face to her main god and sister, and is willing to show her smile.

But it should be emphasized that she did this purely because of her love for Nashida and had absolutely nothing to do with her aching forehead.

After all, the little badminton is so cute, how could it have any bad intentions?

"Thank you both for calming King Ruota down. Now it's up to me."

She flew in front of the Dragon King Rudra, nodded to Zhongli and Apep, and then Nashida began to connect to the World Tree.

According to the plan made before, now is the time when whoever she touches will become an idiot!

"This is the palace of wisdom."

The long-lost power of the drafting elements was activated, and then a green palace with intricate patterns appeared in this underground space.

Speaking of which, it has been quite a while since she last summoned this palace.

During this period, she basically used the rock element to smash the Tianxing for fun. Even the Eye of God she carried with her was the Liyue style of the Rock Eye of God. The grass element was hardly used at all.

This time, we are restoring the memory of King Ruota, so let’s just consider it as rehabilitation.

Chapter 170: Liyue Chicken Dinner Plan

With the help of the World Tree, the process of restoring the memory of King Rudra went very smoothly.

And because of the thinking acceleration effect of the World Tree Space, even if the Dragon King Ruota needs to recall thousands of years of memories this time, it will only take a moment to the outside world.