Reading poems from Teyvat

Shen Zhigui just thought about it.

"Wow, flute player, you don't deny that you lied?"

"So do you think that my non-denial is a lie or the truth? If it is a lie, how can I prove that I am the person Captain Eula said I am? If I am telling the truth, how can you judge that I am a liar based on this truth?"

Shen Zhigui gave the little creature a malicious smile.

"Forehead……"

Paimon immediately touched her head, thinking for a long time, and even stretched out her fingers to count, trying to figure out the logic. However, she soon overused her already limited brain and started to shake her head, as if she was about to fall down.

When the people around heard Shen Zhigui say this, only Wendy looked thoughtful. Eula didn't think too much about it because she knew Shen Zhigui's true nature. She just felt that Shen Zhigui said this just to change the subject.

Chapter 6: Planned Kidnapping (Part 2)

(The number of words used is more than expected, I am too lazy to divide it into chapters)

Therefore, Eula did not think deeply about Shen Zhigui's words. On the contrary, Wendy, who was about to pass out, suddenly asked, "Is there a simpler version of your explanation?"

"What I said was a lie."

Shen Zhigui said it directly.

Wendy immediately sat up straight, thought for a moment, then collapsed again and said, "If you were in Xumi, you might be able to use this topic to teach a course at the Sravasti College of the Karma School and get some academic funding."

"No, this is obviously the scope of the Minglun School, right?"

"Your subject is related to astrology and the so-called destiny of mankind?"

Wendy asked.

“I mean, it’s essentially a math problem.”

At least in Shen Zhigui's memory, the person who fundamentally solved the problem of paradox, which is a true proposition that cannot be proved or falsified, was a mathematician, and that theorem was named after the mathematician himself, Gödel's incompleteness theorem. Of course, if you ask Shen Zhigui, who is about to forget Maxwell's equations, whether he can remember the proof process, he can only say that he is not a professional mathematician after all.

Although Shen Zhigui was not quite sure whether mathematics belonged to the research scope of the Catechism School or the Ming School in the Ministry of Education, in the history of the Earth, the progress of mathematics and the development of astrophysics were indeed mutually beneficial. After all, if Newton could not use calculus, he would not have been able to propose the law of universal gravitation based on Kepler's three planetary laws and solve the problem of why the motion paths of planets are not regular circles but ellipses. Although there are still different opinions as to whether Newton or Leibniz was the inventor of calculus, and the starry sky of Teyvat seemed to have nothing to do with real astrophysics in essence, Shen Zhigui had never seen any books related to calculus on the market.

Although calculus is actually very far away from the mathematical knowledge needed in daily life.

However, the proof of Gödel's incompleteness theorem does not seem to involve calculus.

"What are you talking about? Why did you mention the Xumi Teachings Institute? Is this sentence so complicated?"

Paimon scratched his head, confused.

Shen Zhigui glanced at her, then shook his head and said, "So, when you say, 'This is a lie,' are you lying or telling the truth?"

"Lies... No, the truth... No, that's not right either..."

Paimon was once again at a loss for words, and then he stomped his feet in the air and said, "Ah, how annoying! What's the point of studying this kind of thing?"

Shen Zhigui looked at her and shook his head, saying, "There are two kinds of people in the world, one is smart enough, and the other is not smart enough. Which one do you think you are?"

"But you sure are one of those people who think you're so clever!"

Paimon folded his hands in front of him, looked down at the boy sitting there, and said.

Shen Zhigui raised his eyebrows, but still said: "Maybe you are right, but even a self-righteous smart person like me can see that usefulness and uselessness often just depend on whether there is a suitable time and place. For example, right now, you say that studying that is useless, but at least I can use it to reflect my self-righteous intelligence."

"Isn't this sentence a bit too roundabout?"

Wendy reminded him.

Shen Zhigui thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Isn't the earth vast and big? It is only for people to use. But if we use it as a toilet and pad it to cause death, is it still useful to people?"

What this means is that the ground is not very broad and vast? But the place people need now is just for standing. So, if everything except the place for standing is dug into the underworld, then his foothold will have no other land to support it. Is it still useful to people?

This is also Zhuangzi's uselessness.

伨"You can make so many unnecessary things out of just one sentence..."

Youla, who was sitting next to him, was not surprised that Shen Zhigui could say such words. After all, she had heard too many weird things from this young man recently. In fact, she didn't hate such messy words, but she just didn't want to see him teasing the little creature.

Seeing that the boy and Wendy were already full, she immediately asked, "Are you guys still going to the Angel's Gift performance tonight?"

"Go, why don't you go?"

Just as Shen Zhigui was about to shake his head, Wendy suddenly jumped up.

"You haven't had enough?"

"This is just thirst quenching at best."

Although Shen Zhigui also knew that he was the kind of person who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, his behavior at this moment was just indulging his consciousness to follow the senses of his body, as if he could always quickly enter that state, and no matter how much alcohol he consumed afterwards, it would only temporarily amplify his senses, but could not completely numb his consciousness. Or, he just preferred the state between sobriety and intoxication, and felt that such a state could make him completely relax.

Shen Zhigui thought about it and had no reason to refuse, so he just paid the money. Then the group continued to walk towards the tavern. Even Wendy, who was already drunk, was still playing hopscotch on the street with a childish look. Shen Zhigui and Eula just walked together in silence, and at the end were Ying and Paimon.

However, Paimeng was obviously a chatterbox and quickly forgot about the unpleasantness between her and Shen Zhigui. At this time, she curiously intervened between him and Eula and asked, "Speaking of which, Eula seems to like drinking too?"

Eula nodded.

"But the flute player seems to dislike it completely and even hates it."

Shen Zhigui nodded.

"why?"

"Are you asking me why I hate that drink, or why I can be friends with Wendy and other alcoholics like her?"

Shen Zhigui asked.

"Hey, I'm just curious."

Paimon just said.

Shen Zhigui pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I just don't like the feeling of my brain becoming dull. I tend to keep myself awake. As for them, I can't control them. Maybe they have accumulated a lot of pressure in their daily lives, so they urgently need a channel to evacuate. Although some people are lucky, such as the traveler behind you, who has a close friend like you to speak to openly, others, such as the one walking next to you, have no friends to speak to openly, so they can only choose to get drunk to relieve their psychological pressure. After all, people like her will definitely live a very depressing life. The Mond people look at her with prejudice, and she is eager to eliminate this prejudice, and even wants to restore the glory of her family in the past, and wants people to remember that the nobles are noble not because of their blood but because of their character..."

Eula immediately raised her foot and hit him.

But Shen Zhigui dodged it.

Seeing their expressions, Paimon immediately turned to look at Ying, then turned back and said, "But don't you feel depressed?"

“Why should I feel depressed?”

"Is there really anyone who would want to be your friend if you talk like that?"

Shen Zhigui raised his eyebrows: "So what? Anyway, I am not like her, who is firmly trapped in this city by the honor and responsibility of the family and the close relationship with a few good friends. I don't think it's a big deal for others to be prejudiced against me, and I don't want to eliminate other people's prejudice against me. Anyway, as long as they don't mess with me, it's fine."

"That sounds good, but what if they don't even want to contact you and won't sell anything to you?"

"It would be better if we leave Mond."

Shen Zhigui just said that.

Although this is indeed a natural choice for someone like him.

But for Eula, this was an extremely difficult decision.

"But maybe you just can't bear to give up everything you invested in your previous goal. You think you have become the captain of the guerrilla squad of the Knights of Favonius, and that you can gradually gain the recognition of some Mond people. So you think you are on the right track, and as long as you keep going, you will achieve your dream sooner or later," Shen Zhigui said mercilessly, "But to be honest, are those rubbish in your family really worth your nostalgia? And you have become the captain of the guerrilla squad, but the Mond people still treat you the same way. If you continue to work in the Knights of Favonius, can you replace Jean as the leader of the Knights of Favonius? Not to mention, she is still acting, and there is still Falga above her."

At this moment, Shen Zhigui seemed to be absent-minded again, and his words were full of casual meaning:

"So, you just feel sorry for all the efforts you made before, and you don't want to see those efforts go to waste, so you just let yourself go on this path."

"Are you saying that if I change my path, I will be happier than I am now?"

Yula immediately looked at him coldly.

Shen Zhigui immediately shook his head: "Of course, it's hard to say, but since you care so much about the past, you must be a nostalgic person. So, maybe you just feel that you have tasted the best feelings in your life in the past, so you want to stay in Mond to relive the old days——"

Although what she said sounded a bit like a Lei movie.

But she is still full of hope for tomorrow, right?

I hope her dream will come true, I hope she can be recognized, I hope she can atone for the sins her family committed in the past, and let her, who bears this family name, walk in the sun with her head held high.

But Shen Zhigui said that such a beautiful dream might only make her more disappointed in the end.

Because the great deeds that can atone for that sin are often accompanied by huge sacrifices, and it would be fine if she sacrificed together with the others, but if she could still survive, she would be entangled in deeper prejudice and be considered the disaster that caused these sacrifices. Normally, she would never be able to beat Jean, and would always be overshadowed by Jean in terms of popularity. Naturally, she would have no way to lead the Knights of Favonius, let alone atone for the sin with political achievements, although she had actually achieved her goal when she became the leader of the Knights of Favonius.

So Shen Zhigui probably felt a little sorry for her.

Even though Eula didn't actually need his pity.

Anyway, for her, even if she can't fulfill her dream in her lifetime, as long as she has the support of people like Amber and Qin, she can move forward on this road with no future, right?

Although Shen Zhigui said that the reason why her family became what it is now is purely because the settlement was not thorough enough, otherwise the rubbish in her family would not have a wrong understanding of history and would always want to restore their status as the superiors. In fact, the fact that the corrupt etiquette in the Lawrence family can still be preserved has already made Shen Zhigui feel very emotional:

How tolerant were the Mond people back then to leave the economic foundation for their family to continue doing this?

From this perspective, it is definitely not unfair that the Mond people still hold a grudge against them.

Although if a thorough settlement is to be made, Eula will not exist, and even if the bloodline continues, she will not be the Eula she is now.

When Paimeng heard that Shen Zhigui dared to comment on Eula's family background and relatives so unscrupulously, she was so scared that she immediately stood back and stayed close to Ying. Although she was greedy and had no brains, she still had a sense of boundaries. She was not like someone who could always easily pierce into the depths of others' hearts and stir up the stagnant water in the depths of others' souls. So at this time, she could only stay away from him.

But Eula was not angry when she heard his words. She just looked up at the silver moon in the sky and said softly, "Then what do you think would be better for me to become?"

Shen Zhigui thought about it but did not give an answer.

Because such an assumption doesn't make much sense.

Perhaps if she didn't use excuses like holding grudges to cover up conflicts all day long, she would be more cheerful. She could be free from scruples in front of outsiders like she was with Amber, and she wouldn't have to bear the sins that actually had little to do with her. But if she could stick to her kindness at this time, and only use holding grudges to cover up her tolerance, and not be misled by the words of other people in the family, but remain untainted by the mud, then, why would such a Eula need to change anything?

"I thought you would never say such a thing in your life."

Youla suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Shen Zhigui.

Shen Zhigui thought to himself that you are ignorant. I read "Peerless Beauty" to Aqing on the first day I came into this world.

"Thank you, though."

She smiled and whispered to Shen Zhigui.

At this time, several people were walking through a deserted street. Under the clear and cold moonlight, the tall woman looked like a green lotus swaying in the wind. She stretched out her hand to gather the messy short hair beside her ears, and a faint fragrance came out immediately. The smile on her beautiful face made Shen Zhigui's heart inexplicably moved...

But at this moment, a violent breath suddenly approached from a distance, and then suddenly moved away. When Shen Zhigui came to his senses, Wendy's figure had disappeared.

Chapter 7: How can I relieve my depression? (Part 1)

Shen Zhigui looked at the figure wearing a strange bamboo hat with a subtle expression, and saw him holding Wendy, who was about the same size as him, around his waist. He immediately thought to himself, have these fools finally discovered that this bard who does not do any work all day and lives a life of drunkenness and dreaming is Barbatos? So now that the sixth seat has no hope of winning the God's Heart of Inazuma, Lei Dianying, has turned around and wants to win the God's Heart of Wendy to improve his performance?

Does he have this need?

But then the figure standing on the high ground just swung a lightning bolt made of elemental force from above. Shen Zhigui casually pulled out the Dream Heart Grid behind him and opened it. Then the figure said, "Please go outside the city to talk, otherwise I will not spare this person's life."

Then he left directly.

I never thought that there was a traveler present who was quite powerful.

Although she managed to capture alive the two debt collectors brought by the lady outside the door of West Wind Church.

Of course, it is also possible that the lady’s aura was too strong, and she might not have fully mastered the elemental system at that time.

When Eula saw this, she immediately shouted, "Stop!"

But the man obviously did not stop.

As the captain of the guerrilla squad of the Knights of Favonius, Eula obviously could not allow a decent citizen of Mondstadt to be kidnapped by outsiders before her eyes, so she immediately rushed forward, and the always warm-hearted Ying immediately shouted "Wendy" and rushed forward as well, making Shen Zhigui wonder whether he should just ignore it and see if the drunkard who was not doing his job was really willing to hand over his Heart of God -

But since Youla and Ying had already rushed forward, Shen Zhigui couldn't just ignore them, so he followed behind that person. Upon seeing this, the figure wearing a bamboo hat immediately sped up. He was obviously aware that Shen Zhigui's speed was far beyond the reach of a normal holder of the Eye of God, so he used his fastest speed. His acceleration immediately widened the distance between him and Shen Zhigui, Youla, and Ying. So in the end, when he arrived at his destination, there were only three people -

Although among these three people, only Shen Zhigui is a pure human being.

Of course, it is hard for Shen Zhigui to say whether he can still be called a pure human being.

But compared to the god transformed from an elemental elf, a puppet created by a god, Shen Zhigui felt that his purity as a human being was still quite good.

But obviously now is not the time to dwell on this issue.

They stopped deep inside a closed stone chamber. It was obvious that Sanbing had planned this and deliberately chose this closed place as the place for negotiation. He raised his bamboo hat slightly, glanced at Meng Xiangyixin, who was held in the boy's hand, and raised his voice: "Shen Zhigui, right?"

Shen Zhigui looked at Wendy, who was now quietly held in his arms, sighed, and could only nod.

"Don't worry," the soldier thought he was worried, so he said in a pretentious manner, "A living person is far more useful than a dead person, so I won't kill him. But if you don't surrender, this person's fate will not be good. What do you think?"

Seeing that Wendy was still pretending to be dead, Shen Zhigui had no choice but to say, "You said that living people are far more useful than dead people. Do you mean that you are going to use me to do something?"

"Not at all," the soldier said calmly, "You have a good relationship with the thunder god Baalzebub, right? Otherwise, she wouldn't have given you her sword. Since your relationship is already so good, then she will agree to exchange you for the Heart of God, right? So if he is alive, you can surrender obediently, and if you are alive, you can naturally make her agree to the exchange, so I will spare your lives."

He paused at the end and said, "You don't have to thank me for my kindness. Sooner or later, I will settle everything with her. At that time, all the pain she has brought me will be returned to her. I want her to see with her own eyes all of you, the people and things she cherishes..."

Shen Zhigui was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so he deliberately said, "So, your goal is the Heart of God?"