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Chapter 89: Light, Void, and Man, the Power of the Three Realms

He laughed it off and ignored Mond's matter. As Lei Dianzhen in his mind whispered information about Barbatos, Yu Qi also had a general understanding of this rather ancient first-generation wind god.

Unrefined, fond of wine, bad taste, reckless, likes to watch the fun, and when he has nothing to do, he likes to turn into a breeze and drift around Mondstadt at will...

In general, he is like a dissolute drunkard. Oh, and he also likes to appear in front of the common people as a bard. To borrow Morax's words, it is...

'A frivolous drunkard poet!'

But, there is no doubt that this god is fully qualified as the god of wind.

'He played the strings of his harp, using divine wind to blow away the ice and snow, split the mountains, and guided the warm monsoon to the vicinity of Mondstadt, freeing his people from wandering and allowing them to settle down.'

'He passed on his wisdom to the people of Mondstadt, brewing fine wine, building windmills, and weaving flying wings...'

'Many celebrations and festivals were set up, hoping that joy would be enough to support people through the long hardship. When all was settled, Barbatos, who hoped that Mondstadt would become a country without a king, took his harp and left for the wilderness.'

"He gave up governing Mondstadt because he didn't want to become a tyrant like the King of the Tower. Although whenever Mondstadt was in crisis, Barbatos would step forward..."

Listening to the hymn-like chanting ringing in his ears, Yu Qi's expression became a little strange, and he couldn't help but complain in his mind.

"You thought of these words yourself?"

"Of course not." Lei Dianzhen replied, and Yu Qi seemed to see her rolling her eyes at him gracefully: "I read all this from the book that Mond passed on to Inazuma."

'In the past, the civilization and culture of the Seven Kingdoms were not as developed as they are now. Ying and I stayed in the castle tower every day. Apart from correcting documents, we could only listen to operas, watch dance dramas, and read books to kill time.'

"Inazuma settled down relatively late, so its literary creation is not as prosperous as that of other countries. Ying and I occasionally ask people to bring back some books from other countries through trade between the seven countries."

'Over time, I've seen more things and have become more familiar with them.'

"Is that so?" Yu Qi nodded secretly, but he couldn't help but feel a little confused: "But speaking of it, if the Wind God is like this, and disappears for hundreds of years, will the people of Mond still believe in Him?"

"You gods, you should really need the faith of mortals, right?"

"That's not the case." He seemed a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, Lei Dianzhen still revealed some of the secrets of the gods to Yu Qi.

'The power of demon gods like us comes from ourselves. We don't need a deity or faith to maintain it. On the contrary, excessive faith can easily affect the attributes of the gods themselves.'

"The so-called godhood is not so much a kind of authority... as it is a medal of the victor - a trophy plundered from the loser and displayed for display!"

"Winner? Loser?" Hearing this, Yu Qi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He could tell that the 'winners' and 'losers' that Lei Dianzhen mentioned were not referring to the Seven Gods and the demons defeated by them.

"Yes, winners and losers..." With a faint sigh, Raiden Shin didn't say much about it, but brought the topic back to the main topic.

"The so-called faith actually has another name in Teyvat - human power!"

"Human world power? What is that? Is it related to elemental power?"

'Yes, but not much.'

After a pause, as if to organize his words, Raiden continued: "In Teyvat, in addition to the elemental forces that are well known to ordinary people, there are actually several other forces, such as ley lines, abyss, filth, etc., which are quite complicated."

'However, from an overall perspective, Teyvat's power is divided into only three types: human power, virtual power, and light power!'

Hearing this, Yu Qi couldn't help but hold his breath slightly. He had a premonition that he was finally about to come into contact with the secrets and darkness hidden beneath the peaceful surface of the continent of Teyvat.

'The power of the virtual world mostly refers to the power of the abyss, including the filth on Saigū, the resentful power of the devil after his death, and the darkness of the sea beyond darkness. All these powers are differentiated and transformed from the power of the virtual world, and are extremely negative attributes! '

'Among ordinary Teyvatians, there are very few who can withstand the power of the Hollow Realm.'

"Wait, the filth on Hu Zhaigong's body, and the negative attribute power..." A picture suddenly flashed through his mind, and Yu Qi frowned: "Are you sure that few people can use the virtual world force?"

"At least before my death, only people from the Abyss were able to use the power of the Hollow Realm."

"But, if I'm not mistaken, the fools in the North Country Bank have a very similar aura to the filthy one in Kitsai Palace! Almost every one of them has it!"

"What?!" He exclaimed in disbelief, but after all, he was once the god of thunder, so he quickly calmed down: "Could it be that Zhidong's plan was successful?"

"Winter? Plot?"

"No, nothing." Lei Dianzhen tactfully avoided the topic and didn't seem to plan to say anything more.

Seeing this, Yu Qi did not choose to get to the bottom of it.

'In addition to the virtual realm force, not many people know about the light realm force, but you should be familiar with its other name: elemental force!'

"Hmm? Elemental power? Are you sure?"

"Yes, the seven elemental forces currently popular in Teyvat are weakened forces derived from the light realm force. The seven elemental forces are like a rainbow after the refraction of light, with a total of seven colors."

"It's not that the light realm force can only be differentiated into seven types. In fact, the attributes of elemental force can be thousands of types, but in the end, only seven types are left..."

"Because the winners are you gods who control the seven elements?"

"...To be precise, the winner will definitely become the god of the seven elements!" After correcting Yu Qi's words, Lei Dianzhen also did not explain in detail and continued to lead the topic to the last kind of power.

"Human Realm Power. This power is even less known than Light Realm Power and Void Realm Power. Its origin is also quite mysterious. It is not a naturally generated power, but..."

'Power generated by people?'

'It comes from the power of human beings! ' Lei Dianzhen was not surprised when he heard similar words at the same time. After all, he had laid so much groundwork before, and it was easy for Yu Qi to guess this.

'The power of the human world generally refers to the power of the earth veins and faith.'

'The former is the root system of the World Tree, carrying the records of all living things in the world. Their activities brought more information, and finally gathered into the power of the earth veins!'

'This is also why, when the power of the earth veins accumulates and explodes, various monsters are projected.'

'The power of the earth veins provides information and builds the model, while the power of the elements is responsible for filling it in, and finally forming the monster!'

"..." The corner of Yu Qi's mouth twitched, and his eyes looked a little strange. Why did this setting sound so familiar to him!

They are all the power of "data", all are beings regulated and born by the "world tree", and all are creatures that can continuously reincarnate through the "data (information) core (source)"...

"Wow, the monsters in Teyvat are actually Digimon?"

"Ah?" Lei Dian was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what Yu Qi meant by this sentence, and was inevitably confused for a moment; "Digital, treasure? What is that? A kind of monster?"

"No, no, no, it's nothing, just a slip of the tongue." Shaking his head, Yu Qi did not want to explain, but urged: "Continue..."

"Okay, next is the power of faith. To be precise, this is the main body of human power."

'Humans are a very strange species, their minds are extremely complex, some can be more noble and transcendent than gods, while others can be darker and more vicious than the monsters of the abyss.'

'The mind is the most special thing that makes humans different from all other creatures.'

'And the power born from this, whether it is spiritual power, spiritual power or the power of dreams, in the final analysis, it all belongs to the power of 'belief'! '

'Because I believe I can do this, different 'abilities' are born, and I can do things that I couldn't do before!'

"This is the power of the human world, and it is also the power of miracles!"

"And the power of faith..." At this point, Raiden was inexplicably silent.

Yu Qi was indeed somewhat stunned, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes: "Guide people to 'believe' in the gods, place their hopes on the gods, and believe that they can bring miracles to themselves... Thus, the 'power of faith' that is clearly directed at you gods was born!"

'It is indeed very similar to what I remember, the gods harvesting the faith of mortals! The gods provide protection, and mortals believe that the gods can do everything, so they give power to faith.'

"...I'm sorry." Although he didn't know why, Lei Dianzhen couldn't help but apologize in a low voice, like Yu Qi, and like those people!

'No, don't apologize. Honestly, the gods of your world know much better than I do.'

At least, Lei Dian Zhen and the others really love the people like their own children!

Unlike the gods in previous lives, whether in various myths or novels, the gods always look down on the mortal world and treat civilians like ants.

"…Because the power of faith belongs to the human world, it is actually different from the elemental power possessed by you demon gods. That's why you said, 'Excessive faith can easily affect the attributes of the gods themselves.' Is that right?"

"Yes." Nodding, Raiden Shin explained: "The gods themselves can actually transform the power of faith into their own divine power through the Heart of God."

'But the Heart of God also has a conversion rate, so once the faith is too heavy and exceeds the upper limit of the Heart of God's conversion, it will easily affect the power of the God himself.'

"So, most gods don't really care about the power of faith, they just store it in their statues as a source of energy to suppress their own land veins."

"And the Wind God, the "Millennium Grand Symphony" he created has been playing in Mondstadt for thousands of years. Where do you think the energy to maintain this ceremony comes from? "

"...I understand!" Nodding secretly, Yu Qi looked up at Changsheng and chuckled, "Sorry, I was just thinking about something. By the way, where were we talking about?"

"Mondstadt's affairs." Not paying attention to Yu Qi's distraction, Changsheng crawled on the table, wrapped himself around the pen holder beside him, and continued: "Mondstadt's affairs, apart from the storm, there is no other situation. As for whether the monsters are rioting, I don't know."

"As for Inazuma..."

"Hmm? Inazuma's side..."

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Chapter 90: Rice Wife, Locked Country and Eye Hunting

'Inazuma...' When Yu Qi heard Changsheng mention this, he could clearly hear the uneasiness in Lei Dianzhen's voice.

Five hundred years is too long even for gods, so long that she almost forgot every detail about Inazuma.

I don’t know how my sister is doing now. Is she still as taciturn as before, liking to eat desserts, read novels, and challenge others to fight at any time?

I don't know what's happening with that little guy, the Son of God. Every winter he likes to transform himself into a little fox and jump around in the snow. When he's shivering from the cold, does he go to the Kitsai Palace to keep warm or keep himself warm?

I don’t know if the sacred cherry tree has been planted yet, and what the Shadow Mountain looks like now;

I don’t know if the castle tower has changed now, or if the hot springs that were once built are still there;

I don’t know if the three magistrates’ families have changed, or if there are still a few who have maintained the tradition of the Five Thunder Traditions;

I wonder how many of the Tengu, the Oni, those little raccoon cats, and Inazuma's demons and monsters still exist;

do not know……

With too many memories and doubts in his heart, Lei Dianzhen held his breath, and together with Hu Zhaigong beside him, listened to Changsheng's story outside.

He didn't know that there were two listeners from Inazuma present. Seeing that Yu Qi seemed quite interested in Inazuma, Changsheng also came to talk about sex. He leaned into the cup, took a sip of honey to moisten his lips, and then began to talk about it.

"As for Inazuma, I know a lot of news. I heard that the situation over there is not very good."

"Oh? Not very well?" There was silence in his ears, but Yu Qi could still vaguely hear Lei Dianzhen's increasingly rapid breathing. Obviously, she was not as calm as she appeared.

"What do you mean? Inazuma is one of the Seven Kingdoms after all, so it can't be that bad, right?"

And according to the information Yu Qi had heard from Raiden Zhen before, Inazuma's "prototype" should be a country in Sakura Empire on Earth that was living a good life.

"Could it be that the current Inazuma corresponds to the shogunate period? But not really? I remember that the Inazuma described by Raiden Makoto seemed to be in a good situation, right?"

"How should I put it? I'm not sure about the specific reason." After spitting out his snake tongue, Changsheng seemed to think hard for a moment, and then hesitantly said: "I vaguely remember that the Thunder God of Inazuma seems to be a second-generation god now."

"But, Inazuma said that the Thunder God has never changed and has always been the Thunder General."

"I actually can't figure out whether I remembered it wrongly, or whether the information from Inazuma was wrong."

"Anyway, it probably started from the disaster five hundred years ago. After the disaster, the Thunder God of Inazuma seemed to have stopped meeting outsiders."

"The entire government affairs of Inazuma, as well as the affairs of the shogunate, were handed over to Inazuma's three magistrates to handle..."

"Until now, Inazuma as a whole has changed so much in the past five hundred years, as if someone is intentionally maintaining the current situation."

"No changes?" Yu Qi raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "Are you sure? It's been five hundred years, no matter what, there can't be no changes, right?"

"I don't know whether this news is true or not, but according to those businessmen who run Inazuma shipping, Inazuma has indeed changed very little over the years." Shaking his tail, Changsheng said that he only heard it from others and it was not necessarily true.

"I see, unchanging, eternal... Ying, she's getting stuck in a rut again!"

Sighing, Lei Dian really didn't know whether he was explaining to Yu Qi or muttering to himself, his voice was filled with a hint of nostalgia and helplessness.

"Kage and I are twin demons, controlling the same power of thunder!"

"Just as Barbatos of Mondstadt pursued 'freedom' and let go of the entire country with a free attitude; Morax of Liyue strictly abided by the 'contract' and used the contract to regulate the order of Liyue; Ying and I believe in 'eternity'."

'Only eternity is closest to the principles of nature!'

'This is the philosophy we believe in, but even between biological sisters, we have completely different understandings of the same philosophy.'

'The so-called eternity is nothing more than a kind of unchanging thing that is changing all the time. The world is short and ever-changing. Only by grasping every change in a moment can we get closer to eternity.'

'This is what I understand as eternity.'

"Everything is easy, except the easy ones!" This sentence appeared involuntarily in his mind, and Yu Qi couldn't help but admire it.

"Your statement is quite interesting. It is much more concise than what I said and has more philosophical meaning. Did you come up with it yourself?"