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"promise."

Gulu didn't listen and stretched out his left hand.

Lin Ye subconsciously took the fishing rod.

"go home."

"Oh."

Lin Ye tried to guess what Guru meant and looked at her calm face. Was she angry or not?

The two walked into the Lin Mansion. Shen He and Sorolla had not returned from shopping, so Gulu went to put the fish she caught into the pond to raise them freely. One day, she, Gulu, would make the pond full of fish without any space at all!

Lin Ye followed him. He watched Gulu put down the barrel after pouring it out, glanced at him, and whispered.

"You don't think I'm an annoying, willful and selfish sister, do you?"

"Why do you say that? Are you adding a buff?" Lin Ye tilted his head. In fact, Lin Ye knew that Guru could sometimes be a literary and sentimental girl.

"What is Bafo? Forget it." Gollum shook his head.

"Do you think I'll be angry because you made a contract with another girl? What kind of person am I in your eyes?"

“…No, how could that be?”

"You have."

"Well...how can you be the older sister? I always thought of you as my younger sister!"

"This has become a broken topic, and you are still bringing it up!" Gulu said angrily.

She raised her eyebrows and wanted to show her teeth, but changed her mind and gave up.

Under normal circumstances, the quarrel would have ended here.

But this time, Guru looked at Lin Ye silently and suddenly sighed.

After the Lantern Festival, even if Gollum didn't think about it deliberately, some memories eventually came back to him. Gollum looked at the young man in front of him. If it was the original him, if he cared about Lin Ye and didn't imprison Lin Ye under his nose, he would not be able to sleep well.

But He is dead, and it is Gollum who is alive now.

Let's call the past the previous life. Guru doesn't want to delve into the entanglements of the previous life, otherwise she will go on a killing spree. Shen He, Hu Tao, they are all scum, all scum. Mu Xiaojin cannot snatch away the boy she loves!

Lin Ye saw that Guru was emo, and although he didn't show it on the surface, he actually cared a lot inside. He and Guru were just joking around just now, and he was used to it. But the way Guru sighed just now made Lin Ye feel a little strange.

"During the time I was away from Liyue Harbor, were you hiding something from me?"

"No, how could it be?"

"..."

Seeing Lin Ye silent, Gulu couldn't help but smile. He reached out and touched the boy's head, and spoke softly.

"I just remembered something."

There is no bloody concealment, and they do not reveal their true feelings until something happens. The way Lin Ye and Guru get along with each other is a bit like Hu Tao, but also not. The former are all acting masters, while the latter are really like a pair of siblings. After all, it is just a fight between relatives, and words of concern do not need to be expressed verbally.

"Was it over?"

After the Lantern Festival, Guru gradually became a different person. Last time at Chen Ge Hu, Lin Ye accompanied Guru to fish. Guru said that she didn’t want to think about the past because those memories would make her become another person.

Now it seems that we are beginning to see the signs.

Lin Ye remembered that Guru was a timid and willful young lady at the beginning.

When they first met in the Bronze Mirror World, Gollum was arrogant but also felt aggrieved.

Today, Gollum has become increasingly taciturn, and his indifference towards other people is becoming more prominent.

According to Zhongli, Guru was most likely a demon god before, probably a cold and aloof demon god like Quantai.

In the past, wherever Lin Ye went on adventure, Guru would follow him, for fear that Lin Ye would die. The cost would be sunk, and Mu Xiaojin would be resurrected. Especially after the Lantern Festival, Guru would often pester Mu Xiaojin. Although he seemed to be distant from Lin Ye, they were actually still good friends.

Guru was hiding from Lin Ye. She was afraid that if she stayed with Lin Ye for too long, she would lose control of her emotions and become a different person...

Guru is to Lin Ye as Paimon is to Ying.

"Lin Ye," Gulu said after careful consideration, "I occasionally think of some images, of a strange me in a sea of flowers, holding someone in my arms."

"Who?"

"You, that kind of thing."

Lin Ye was shocked.

Guru chuckled, "We must have known each other before. We have both been to the underworld, so there is the concept of reincarnation."

“Then do you know how I died in my previous life?” Lin Ye asked curiously. He was very adaptable.

"I don't know about that." Gulu shook his head.

"A previous life suddenly popped up, so bloody. Will I look like me?" Lin Ye complained.

"If it's me, then what was the relationship between you and me in my previous life?"

Gulu thought for a moment and said, "We are good friends, very good friends."

Probably……

I only have your kind.

Gollum thought.

Lin Ye nodded. Since it was Guru who took the initiative to bring up her past, Lin Ye asked about what he had always been curious about.

"Do you remember your original identity? And how did you become a ghost? What happened to me in my previous life?"

When Guru heard this, he thought about it and felt a headache.

Seeing this, Lin Ye hurriedly said.

"Forget it, if you can't remember it, don't think about it."

"You think I want to? I can't remember what I want to know, and what I don't want to know appears in my mind uncontrollably." Guru said helplessly.

"Memory is a scary thing. I don't want to change. When I remember everything, will I still be the Guru that you and Xiaojin know?" Guru expressed her concerns again.

All along, Gollum was afraid of becoming someone else.

"You have always been Guru." Lin Ye said as a matter of course. His answer was the same from beginning to end, "You will always be my sister."

This time, Gollum finally showed his teeth.

"I am your sister! No, I don't want to be your sister anymore! Just call me Auntie!"

"How can you act like an elder?"

"You disrespectful fellow, I'll let Xiao Jin teach you a lesson. I'm your elder, and I've even held you in my arms before!"

"You didn't have a physical body before, what the hell."

"Humph."

End the conversation with a fight, putting an end to the sad topic.

However, as time goes by, this unresolved problem will sooner or later lead to a situation where there is no way out.

……

Chapter 418 Guru's Identity

On this day, Lin Ye found an opportunity to meet Zhongli alone at Sanwan.

Zhongli seemed to enjoy eating and chatting at the same time. He would talk and watch the people passing by while sitting at the three bowls table.

Lin Ye told Zhongli what happened during his trip to Mondstadt. After listening, Zhongli said.

"Tevlin fell into the abyss and turned into a dragon, which was beyond Wendy's expectations. Fortunately, the result remained the same."

"Mr. Zhongli, do you know the knight who showed up at the end?"

Zhongli shook his head.

Lin Ye had expected this and was not disappointed, so he asked casually.

The knight is Mond's thing, and you should know that it is also Wendy. When Wendy was sleeping, she heard the knight's prayers for justice, but she didn't know his background.

Wait, pursuing justice... can't it be that guy?

Lin Ye suddenly had an idea about the identity of the Bloody Knight.

Seeing that Lin Ye seemed to be lost in thought, Zhongli did not disturb him. Instead, he drank his tea and waited for Lin Ye to come back to his senses.

“…Mr. Zhongli, the Fatui already have a Heart of God in their hands. Will their next target be Liyue?”

"Mondstadt is close to Liyue, so it makes sense that their next target would be Liyue." Zhongli said as a matter of course, without any panic.

"Wendy's heart of god was taken away by the lady, and he privately admitted that it was all acting. So..." Lin Ye looked at Zhongli and didn't finish his words.

"Liyue is a country of contracts. If you want to obtain something here, you must naturally exchange it for something of equal value."

The steady Zhongli thought that he would not act like Venti and try to kill the enemy alone outside the door.

Little did he know that Zhongli later wanted to stage a scene where the emperor was murdered and hold a funeral for himself.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye knew that Zhongli did not regard the Heart of God as a priceless treasure, which meant that it could be handed over to the Fatui.

If he asked Zhongli Bingshen why he collected the hearts of gods, Lin Ye guessed that Zhongli would not easily tell the truth, so he asked another question.

"Mr. Zhongli, what do you think is as important as a God's Heart?"

Zhongli looked thoughtful and shook his head slowly.

"How can we know what the Emperor is thinking?"

In fact, Zhongli hadn't thought it through either. He and Venti had a tacit understanding to send the Heart of God away, but they just had to do the superficial work.

In the game, Zhongli told the Traveler that he had made a deal with the Ice God and signed the "Contract to End All Contracts".

There are two interpretations of the content of this contract.

One refers to the help of the Fatui to stir up the situation in Liyue, and Zhongli retreats behind the scenes to examine the answers given by Liyue. If he is satisfied with the results, he will retreat to the throne of god and end his contract with Liyue as the God of Rock. The beginning and end of Liyue are connected by various contracts, big and small.

The second is that the Ice God used Zhongli's Heart of God to fulfill his long-cherished wish, and this long-cherished wish must be what Zhongli would like to see, to end all contracts... The relationship between Sky Island and the Seven Rulers of the Earthly World can be seen as a contractual relationship.

After hearing Zhongli's answer, Lin Ye guessed that Zhongli had no plans to retire yet.

Next, Zhongli became interested in Lin Ye’s current strength. He saw that Lin Ye’s aura was stable, and it seemed that he had reached a bottleneck and it was difficult to improve.

Lin Ye thought about it and decided to tell Zhongli about the trouble he was facing. Maybe Zhongli had a way to get what Lin Ye needed.

"For some reason, I seem to need the infusion of the three powers of the devil, the abyss, and the wish before I can break through."

“…You have reached the limit of mortals, which is also the limit of the Eye of God. The will of mortals does not belong to the devil, but the body is still too weak.” Zhongli said in a deep voice.

"The battle at Quantai shows that you can withstand the power of the Demon God. It is possible for you to use the power of the Demon God to temper your body and become extraordinary. The power of wish is also the power of will. The ring I gave you contains the will of Gu Qianyan's army and can strengthen your spirit. As for the abyss..."

I can only say that the guy at [Border] really has high expectations for Lin Ye.

Zhongli pondered for a moment, "I do know a place where I can get the two powers you want."

"Where?" Lin Ye asked curiously.

Zhongli looked in a certain direction.

"The Rocky Abyss."

"Although the Layered Rock Abyss and Black Rock Factory are now sealed, with your strength, it is not a problem to enter and explore. Five hundred years ago, the will and blood of countless Thousand Rock soldiers were integrated into the rocks. You are wearing that ring. If you are destined, you will have an opportunity."

"As for the Abyss, Miss Mu should have mentioned to you that a great catastrophe occurred in the Layered Abyss. It was essentially the eruption of the Abyss Tide. To this day, the Abyss remains deep in the Layered Abyss. If you can absorb the Abyss, you can try, but be careful."

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, he had forgotten about the Layered Rock Abyss. According to what Zhongli said, the power of wishes and the power of the abyss could indeed be obtained.

As for the power of the demon god...how about asking Zhongli for some?

In short, Zhongli gave Linye a direction to move forward, and then the two talked a lot about the Layered Abyss. They didn't even start eating even after the dishes were served.

Finally, Lin Ye asked about something he cared about.

"Mr. Zhongli, Guru has remembered some things recently. Will she be able to recover all her memories soon?"

Zhongli heard this and said helplessly.

"Lin Ye, you are too concerned. Even Miss Gulu herself doesn't know when she will recover, so how can I, an outsider, know? Restoring memory is a mysterious thing. Familiar scenery and people will speed up the process, but it varies from person to person."

Lin Ye nodded. How could he not know that?