Genshin Impact: Another Traveler of Teyvat

"Bad luck is bad luck, there's nothing to say about it. In Mond, we also met Bennett who could only produce cabbages.

By the way, what relic can’t you wear?"

Lin Zixuan's face turned dark.

"The clothes the lady wore 500 years ago have been transformed into a special set of holy relics: the Blazing Witch of Flame."

"Well...you really can't wear the executive lady's clothes. But if you force yourself to put them on, it seems that it's not impossible." Paimon and Ying began to laugh secretly.

"Back to the topic. I guess the operating mechanism of the treasure chest should be that some existence deliberately modified the laws of Teyvat in order to prevent the people at that time from starving to death, in order to maintain the minimum survival of mankind in this way.

That's why there are cabbages, ores, weapons and clothes in the treasure chest.

Under normal circumstances, valuable items can be found, but it is unlikely that every treasure chest contains rare and valuable items.

Along the way, you opened several treasure chests. Although their values ​​were different, the things inside were much more than normal."

"Ying's luck is so good, how about you find a treasure chest and let Ying open it, and we can split the items inside in a 20:80 ratio?"

"I'll take 80%, and you'll take 20%? That's indeed a good choice."

"What are you thinking about? Of course Ying and I will take 80%, and you can only take 20%! Anyway, you can only open some cabbages and mines, 20% is already a lot." Paimeng flew up and put his hands on his hips.

"Then I might as well give it all to you!"

Chapter 262: A Preliminary Study of Heguan

"Ying, please use the wind element burst on the area ahead."

"Well, the wind is stirring!"

Ying threw out a wind element tornado, which then exploded, causing the fog in the area to be pushed away by the wind pressure.

Lin Zixuan clasped his hands together.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Glazed Wall."

A shield similar to the "Ruolei barrier" appeared around them, preventing the fog from covering them again. The three of them looked at the stone door in front of them that was engraved with special characters.

"finally reached."

"What a strange stone gate. I feel a little dizzy just looking at it." Paimon scratched his head.

"This door should be more appropriately called the barrier entrance. The ancient barrier technique is very valuable for reference and research. Wait for me for a moment.

Wood Release: Wood Clone."

As soon as he finished speaking, an identical clone of Lin Zixuan appeared from the ground. Lin Zixuan handed him the video recorder in the space ring, and the clone began to record the area.

"Let's go."

"Are these ancient things really useful?" Paimon watched the clone carefully recording the video.

“In fact, for Teyvat now, these things are useless.

New characters replaced these ancient characters.

New techniques replaced these ancient techniques.

New customs replaced these old customs.

These ancient relics all tell of their former glory.

I just want to leave some proof of its existence for future generations, even if it is foolish. What happened in Heguan? What did it experience? What was the ending?

These histories will trigger people's thinking and make people progress.

It's just that it often happens that: 'The only lesson mankind has learned from history is that it has learned no lessons from history.'

Those people or countries that did not learn from their mistakes have become history. It’s just that some histories are longer and some are shorter.”

"Oh, so that's it."

"You didn't understand at all." Lin Zixuan rubbed Paimeng's little head.

The three of them stepped through the stone gate, and the fog, which had originally reduced visibility, suddenly became thinner.

"Wow! The fog is much less. I seem to vaguely see mountains in front of me. Huh?" Paimon supported his chin and looked at the ground.

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" Ying looked at Paimon.

"Hasn't it been thousands of years since anyone came to Heguan? Normally it should be overgrown with weeds. Look here, there is a road on the ground, and there are footprints."

"Big bad guy, have you found anything? Hey, where are the people?" Paimon looked around and only Ying was left.

"I'm coming."

Lin Zixuan suddenly appeared from nowhere, shocking Paimeng. Ying rubbed her eyes. She was not there just now, but suddenly appeared.

"Don't scare us! This place is empty."

"Sorry, I was delayed for a while. I just came in and didn't find anything. Why don't we go a little further?"

"Okay! I always feel like you did something bad behind our backs."

"Nope!"

Sensing this fragile, yet unique large-scale illusion, there is a bit of sadness left inside, probably left by the thunderbird.

Just now, Ying and Paimeng walked directly into the illusion, and when I walked over, I ignored the power of the earth veins and went straight through the gate. Then I found myself walking into a pile of green grass half a person high.

He had no choice but to retreat and quickly investigate the situation before re-entering the illusion they were in.

The three of them walked along the road.

"Look! There's a fire ahead, it looks like a village!"

"Let's go take a look!"

Lin Zixuan also became curious. There was actually a village that had never appeared in the game. Where did the protagonist A-Lu go?

At the entrance of the village.

Two burly men in fully armed armor were guarding the door, and Ying and Paimon walked forward.

"Hello, we want to go into the village."

"..."

"Hello, is there an inn here? We would like to stay the night."

"..."

Paimeng scratched his head and looked at Ying and Lin Zixuan.

"Am I being ignored?" Paimon became angry.

"Oh, when will this kind of life end?" said one of the men.

"With Lord Thunderbird protecting us, this place will be fine." Another man also spoke up.

"I don't know what those people on the other side of the sea did. They caused us to see earth dragons turning over every once in a while, and we also caught some strange things when we fished at the seaside."

"Yeah! Three people have been injured this month. That little guy Aru sneaked out to play again. I didn't have the heart to stop him."

"Alas! After all, he is the priest's child. It's amazing that he can be so cruel."

"There are more than a dozen children in the priest's family. It won't be a big loss to send away the youngest one. As long as Lord Thunderbird likes it and protects us safely, that will be enough."

"Thank you for your protection, Thunderbird."*2

Seeing that the two gatekeepers were silent, Paimon stomped his feet in the air angrily.

"What are these two people whispering about?"

"Just go in, they don't seem to be able to see us."

The three of them entered the village.

The men were farming and the women were weaving, each chatting and busy with their work. No one noticed the three extra people, as if they didn't exist at all.

Lin Zixuan looked at the clothes, house construction styles, and customs of these people. They were no different from those of Inazuma.

The villagers inside actually knew about Inazuma and Narukami Island, but the priest did not allow anyone to leave Tsurugan.

In other words, these people were not the original group of people of the Heguan civilization. That group of people should have been killed by the Frost Sky Nail.

They must have seen the horror of the demons during the Demon War and escaped from Inazuma, where many people were devastated. That's why they fear and respect the Thunderbird so much.

These refugees were afraid of the thunderbird and believed that it needed sacrifices and worship.

However, they did not know that the Thunderbird had never paid attention to the actions of these hairless people. After they offered the sacrifice, everything went well, and these people mistakenly thought that the Thunderbird accepted their worship.

Then, starting with the first person who 'voluntarily' offered a sacrifice, a custom of sacrifice gradually formed.

The priest who controls Heguan is equivalent to the king of Heguan, so he will naturally have other plans. If everyone runs away, who will be used for sacrifice?

They kept spreading the message that the outside world was dangerous, Heguan was safe, and offering sacrifices to the Thunderbird was the best blessing. After a few hundred years, even falsehood would become true.

If we extrapolate based on the timeline, it would be:

Thousands of years ago, the Thunderbird was born and grew up → nails fell from the sky and destroyed the ancient civilization of Heguan → the war between demons and gods began → people began to flee everywhere → Heguan became a gathering place for refugees → they discovered that the large monster Thunderbird would descend on Heguan, and they developed a fear of it → they began to collect Thunderbird feathers to worship the Thunderbird.

Speaking of which... there are many people in Liyue who worship my statue at home, and light three incense sticks for me during festivals. If it were Mondelez, she would probably say: It's time to give me some electricity.

"Big bad guy! Big bad guy! Big bad guy!!!"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Why are you covering your head? I called you for a long time but you didn't respond?"

“I think of sad things.”

"Is there anything sad? Tell me and I'll be happy."

"After Ying traveled through the seven kingdoms, she went to the Abyss to accompany her brother and become the Princess of the Abyss. Little Paimon saw that Ying had abandoned him, so he had to wander around Teyvat alone. After countless failed attempts to recall him, he finally became the companion of another traveler."

"Don't even think about it. I won't be your partner." Paimon crossed his arms and turned his head away.

Lin Zixuan looked at Ying.

"Ying, did you find anything?"

"In their conversations, a person named A-Lu appeared unusually frequently."

"It seems that we have to find this key person. Let's separate for now. I need to record the words of these villagers. They reveal a lot of information. We can summarize it together when we meet later."

"I heard from the guard at the village entrance that he went out to play. I'll go out and look for him first! Paimon, the princess of the abyss is leaving. Will you go with me or with him?" Ying put her hands on her hips and looked at Paimon.

"You obviously knew it! It really pissed me off."

Paimeng followed Ying and made a face at Lin Zixuan.

Watching them leave, Lin Zixuan also began to record the conversations of these people one by one. There is still a lot of information in it. For example, the intelligence of the Dark Sea, but it is all information from more than a thousand years ago.

Three days later, Lin Zixuan returned to the deserted Maochi Festival.

"You big bad guy! Where did you go the day before yesterday? We didn't see you after we came back. Also, where did everyone here go?"

"I don't know. After I investigated the village, I went to investigate ancient texts. I'm not here."

"Forget it, he's not reliable at all. Ying is still the best. Look! He got the wooden reed flute."

"Great! It was solved so quickly."

"Of course, Ying will definitely catch him easily if she takes action."

"Hurry back to the base! The Kanjo Bugyo and his men may have already put you on the death list."

Inside the Heguan temporary base.

The chef of the Kanjo Bugyo family was pouring a bag of rice into a large pot, and a thick oil-paper bag fell out of the bag.

The chef was stunned and picked it up. There was no mark on the outside of the oil paper package, but it was sealed tightly. It was hidden in the goods sent by Tianling Bugyo, and it should be something from Tianling Bugyo.

He immediately found the head of the mansion, explained the situation, and handed over the oil-paper bag. The oil-paper bag was soon handed to Chisato Hiiragi.

Hiiragi Chisato was also undecided. Should he send someone back directly? Or should he open it and see?

The staff members nearby were also very curious about this thing and started to encourage him.

"Miss, since it is hidden in the rice bag, it should be something private. If it is a love letter from the head of the Kujo family to you, if you return it without opening it, it will probably make him lose face."

"Indeed, we should at least take a look at what's in here first." Hiiragi Chisato also nodded.