Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

Judging from the fact that Paimon understood what to do just by Ying's beckoning, the two of them had probably done this many times. Ying's stunt-like movements attracted a lot of people's attention. In order to avoid getting into trouble later, she did not stop and walked quickly towards Jingshan Palace.

The guard at the gate of Jingshan Palace naturally had an impression of Ying, and he made way for her after Ying explained her purpose. After actually entering Jingshan Palace, the two of them were no longer in a hurry, and walked slowly along the path connecting to the upper central platform. However, after passing the highest point, the person standing on the platform was completely beyond Ying's expectations.

"-- Skirmishers!" Ying subconsciously drew out his sword, and with the push of the wind element, rushed to Nashida, with the tip of the sword pointing at the skirmishers.

"Why are you here!" Paimeng came behind Ying, poked his head out from Ying's shoulder, and looked at Sanbing with an unfriendly look. After all, Sanbing almost killed Ying before.

"...You guys are here after all." Facing Ying's unfriendly eyes and the long sword flashing with cold light, Sanbing crossed his arms across his chest, without any panic in his eyes.

Ying was about to explode when she saw this, but Nashida waved her hand to stop her. She shook her head at Ying and said, "I know you have a lot of questions, and I will explain them to you."

On one side was the skirmisher who stood there calmly and never regarded Ying as a threat from the beginning to the end. On the other side was Nashida who promised to give an explanation. Ying's eyes shifted back and forth between the two of them. After thinking for a moment, he put down the sword.

Seeing Ying calm down, Nashida breathed a sigh of relief. She explained to Ying the situation about Sanbing, and mentioned that Sanbing was locked up by her after his defeat. She had made a deal with him before, and his identity was a former executive and now a prisoner of Xumi.

"I was wondering why you didn't go back to the Fatui but stayed here instead. It turns out you were abandoned." Paimon's words were sharp, but facing these words, Sanbing remained calm.

"Once something has lost its value, it will naturally be abandoned. This is what is known as the exchange of interests."

"...So it seems the person before me isn't some executive officer, but a stray dog." Ying's words were even sharper than Paimon's. She sheathed her sword, "Then I really don't have any intention of attacking that poor little dog."

"......!" Hearing Ying's words, a violent aura began to stir. He could still tolerate the stray dog ​​description in the previous words, after all, he had mocked himself in this way... But the word "poor little dog" and the seemingly condescending pity touched his reverse scale.

"Sanbing, Amber said that she and I don't want to see you disrespectful to distinguished guests like Ying." Nashida sighed, as if she was distressed that Ying and Sanbing started arguing as soon as they met.

"..." As Nashida mentioned the word amber, Sanbing felt as if a basin of cold water was poured over him from head to toe, and his anger was extinguished in an instant. Sanbing thought that his bottom line could not be touched, but the facts proved that... his bottom line might not be without room for lowering.

Ying's eyes widened at the skirmisher's behavior. She quickly reacted and was about to speak again to pursue the victory, but was stopped by Nashida as well.

"Ying, you too. This matter I'm asking of you is extremely important to you, and the role that Sanbing plays in this matter is equally crucial."

Ying blinked when she heard that, a little dumbfounded. Could what Nashida said really exist?

Facing Ying's puzzled look, Nashida gave an explanation. When she said that this matter was related to Ying's blood relatives, Ying's surprise was beyond words, and Paimon showed the same expression. When Nashida talked about the role played by Sanbing in this matter, Ying's look at Sanbing became complicated.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm working for Lord Grass God, not for you." Sanbing's words were as impolite as ever, but Ying understood the implication. This meant that Sanbing would not deliberately retaliate against her for her previous words.

Ying breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Sanbing didn't deliberately retaliate, there would be no problem. As for what Sanbing himself thought... she didn't care much.

After Nashida spent some time explaining the situation and the procedures that needed to be followed to Ying, she once again activated her power and transferred the consciousness of the two into the World Tree space. The scenery that he had seen two or three times appeared in front of Sanbing. He took a deep breath and prepared himself.

Nashida was paying attention to the situation of the two people, especially Sanbing. Just as she had mentioned to Amber before, in addition to continuing to explore information about Ying's blood relatives, another purpose this time was to let Sanbing "discover" the truth of his past experiences. It's just that Ying didn't know this, and Sanbing didn't know this either.

Amber knew this. She should have been there this time, but an urgent matter forced her to divert her attention to deal with it. Calculating the time, it would probably be done in another hour.

Just like Nashida had some thoughts about this incident, Amber also had some, or even more. She knew what would happen next - but that was exactly what she wanted. After understanding the truth, cutting off all other thoughts, and losing all places to go except Sumeru, the scattered soldiers became a truly useful existence.

Xumi does not have much high-end combat power now. Although Sanbing has lost a lot of energy and is extremely weak, his foundation is still there and he will be able to recover in a short time. In addition, due to his own special characteristics and identity, it would be a good opportunity to subdue him.

Thus, without Ying and Sanbing knowing, the two slowly came to the foot of the World Tree. Sanbing reached out to touch the World Tree as he had done the previous times. He tried to call for information and prepare for the next step of screening, but this time the development was beyond his expectations.

A strange piece of information was called out by Sanbing. Sanbing could clearly feel that it was a message about him, even a message that he did not know.

The hesitation did not last long. After a moment, Sanbing made a decision. He resolutely unfolded the message, and saw a dazzling light emanating from the place where the World Tree was touched by Sanbing. Seeing the change, Ying and Paimon approached quickly and were caught in the light.

Waiting for the picture to appear in front of Ying's eyes again, what came into view was an Inazuma-style room. She and Paimon watched what happened in the room like ghosts, and also learned the truth about the Tadashi Sand incident that happened in the past.

Ying had heard about Sanbing's past from Yae Shinko, but she didn't expect that it would actually be like this. The so-called "betrayal" that caused the greatest trauma to Sanbing was a lie from the beginning, a lie made up by the doctor.

But it was this lie that the scattered soldiers believed for hundreds of years, and they naturally hated it for hundreds of years. Even if they had not experienced it, they could understand the heaviness of it.

However, her opinion of the scattered soldiers remained unchanged. No matter what the reason was, some things were done and could not be treated as if they had not been done because of these reasons.

But Ying was not a heartless person. After seeing everything, Sanbing showed shocking brutality. He cursed Dotore almost frantically. Ying didn't know what Sanbing was thinking at this time. After the initial venting, Sanbing fell into silence. Facing such a Sanbing, Ying only felt sad.

The silence lasted for a long time. Nashida did not try to hide it. She said clearly that these were the information she captured from the slices destroyed by the doctor. Sanbing said it was unnecessary, but even Paimon could see what state he was in.

After all, this time it was a matter concerning his own blood relatives. After a long period of silence, Ying stepped forward to inquire about Sanbing's situation. Sanbing laughed sarcastically, not knowing whether he was mocking Ying's kindness or himself. He said that he would not forget the important matter, took a deep breath and communicated with the World Tree again.

In the end, no new information was obtained. After all, Kong was an Adventer, and the records were limited. Sanbing told Ying the information about Kong that he had learned among the Fatui. Just as Ying was thinking, Sanbing waved his hand, and a silver-white shield covered Sanbing and Ying together, isolating Nashida from contact.

"Since your goal has been achieved, now is my private time." Sanbing walked forward quickly and held Ying's hand when Ying was a little dazed. Ying subconsciously wanted to break free, but the question from Sanbing was transmitted directly into Ying's mind.

Has history ever been altered in this world? — This was the question Sanbing asked, and Ying's first reaction upon hearing this question was surprise and surprise, which made Sanbing confirm the answer directly.

"Thank you." Sanbing let go of Ying's hand, and the shield was also removed. Without any delay, he walked quickly towards the World Tree. Ying realized what was going on. Her reaction had already told Sanbing the answer!

Ying rushed forward quickly to stop him, but just like before, she was still a step too slow. This time the soldiers were too fast. Everything happened in an instant, leaving her no time to react.

The soldier reached out his hand to touch the World Tree, mobilizing the remaining divine power in his body. The power was not much, but he had already planned the optimal solution a moment after discovering the truth. If he followed that approach, the divine power should be enough!

He thought Niwa had betrayed him, but he hadn't. Even the heart in the purification device wasn't from an innocent person, but from Niwa! It was Niwa who had absorbed the pollution and protected him. Niwa had fought alongside him until the very end, but he'd listened to Dottore's words and resented his best friend for centuries! He'd even smashed his best friend's heart with his own hands!

What had sustained him to this day was hatred, hatred, and a determination for revenge. But now he was told that it was all fake? He had been deceived? What of that hatred? What of the pain he had endured in the abyss, the constant battles and injuries, and the pain he had endured in Dottore's experiments?!

—What of those who died because of his hatred, because of his abhorrence?

Looking back, facing those past events, San Bing just wanted to laugh. It was meaningless... The injustices he thought he had endured were really meaningless! Those people should not have died. Those people should have lived normal lives without his influence!

- If he had not existed from the beginning, would those people not have been disrupted by his arrival and have ended up with a better outcome?

Since he was the one who caused all this, he should be the one to end it. Once, these hands could endure the piercing burning and close the heart of the Imperial Shadow furnace. Now, these hands can also grasp this tiny hope, distort reality, and realize his wish - a wish that did not exist in the first place!

To embrace, with this body that is about to vanish into nothingness! To destroy, this life that is as useless as a flower, a feather, and the morning dew!

The failed puppet bids farewell to the world at this moment.

Chapter 131: Searching

In the office of the Great Sage, Amber was reviewing the report in her hand. In order to avoid dealing with the matters of the scattered soldiers for the time being, she gave the reason that something urgent had suddenly happened. However, this was not entirely an excuse. It was just that the matter was not that important and it could be considered completed now.

Amber raised her head and looked out the window, wondering about the progress on Nashida's side. As a gust of wind blew through the giant tree, Amber suddenly received a message in her mind.

It was from N. She used Alice to inform all members of the Witch Club that the world was "swaying" again, just like a gust of wind blowing through leaves. The leaves swayed but did not fall off, and their "foothold" remained unchanged.

In other words, someone was trying to change history, but in the end it only affected the process of some things and did not affect the results.

Amber thought for a moment, then relayed her situation to Alice, indicating that she would soon summarize the cause of the incident and tell everyone about it.

After doing all this, Nashida's invitation arrived as expected. She hoped that Amber could go to Jingshan Palace as soon as possible. After she forgot about this matter, Amber told Nashida that the soldier had shaken some of the things related to his own history.

Amber, who had finished her work, naturally would not refuse. She put the documents she had processed into the drawer, quickly left the office and went to Jingshan Palace.

Just as Nashida had judged, when Amber entered the Jingshan Palace, Nashida was standing in the center thinking. She was a little surprised at Amber's sudden arrival and obviously had forgotten some things.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? Is there something important?" Nashida looked at Amber and showed a gentle smile, hoping that this would make Amber relax a little.

"It was you, Nashida, who asked me to come - but it seems you have forgotten about this." Amber walked forward and rubbed Nashida's head. Nashida's eyes were full of confusion, and she seemed to be thinking about something. Amber naturally did not intend to hide it, so she briefly explained the situation.

"The Sixth Fatui Executive Officer, Sanbing, altered the World Tree, attempting to erase his own existence. This caused a change in history related to Sanbing. Before you forgot about this, you informed me and asked me to come to Jingshan Palace."

"You told me that you left some secret information in the World Tree that the World Tree could not detect, which could help you remember the events related to the Skirmishers."

"...How wonderful." Nashida lowered her head slightly, thinking about something. "As far as I know, the Sixth Seat of the Fatui Executors has been vacant for hundreds of years, but according to what you said, Amber..."

Nashida looked at Amber, and Amber nodded seriously. Nashida did not delay any longer. She took a deep breath and began to communicate with the World Tree. This process was a bit troublesome. It took more than half an hour for Nashida to find the message she had hidden.

"-I may have hidden it a little too secretly, but since I hid these things in the past, it means that history has indeed changed." Nashida held up the green cube in her hand. There was a light green vortex in the center of the cube. This was the memory that Nashida had hidden.

She put a shell on these memories and disguised them, so that after the Sanbing made the changes, she could still retain the things before the changes.

"...Huh." Nashida spent several minutes reading the memories. After finishing, she took a deep breath and calmed her mind. Facing Amber's concerned eyes, Nashida waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

"Taking in so much information in such a short period of time was a bit overwhelming, but I'm feeling better now." Nashida put the message away again and lowered her head to think. "So much has happened, yet I have no memory of it at all. This feeling... is truly terrifying."

"Indeed, history has changed without me realizing it. A living person who should have left an impression in my memory has disappeared out of thin air. This feeling is hard for anyone to accept." Amber shrugged. She could understand this feeling.

Nashida nodded and continued to explain, "Unfortunately, history isn't so easily changed. He thought that erasing his own existence would prevent those events from happening again, but in reality, those events would still happen; only the process would change."

"Just like before the change, a soldier knocked over a vase and caused it to break. After the change, without the soldier, the vase would still break—maybe because of the wind, a cat, or something else. The ending of the vase breaking remains unchanged."

"And... there's another very troublesome situation." Nashida closed her eyes and shook her head gently. "What the Skirmisher did was to delete everything related to himself from the World Tree. During his time as the Fatui Executor, during the Treading Sand period, and even during other periods, he probably thought that this would mean he would no longer exist, but in the end..."

"—but in the end, it would only create a being that is identical to the Sanbing, but has never experienced anything that Sanbing has. He must be somewhere in Xumi right now, continuing to function as a puppet with a blank past."

"Hmm..." Amber nodded. She pondered for a moment and was about to speak, but someone broke into Jingshan Palace at this moment.

It was Ying and Paimon. The moment they saw Amber and Nashida, Ying hurriedly started talking about the scattered soldiers. Seeing her so flustered, neither of them knew how to interrupt her for a moment.

In the end, the two could only maintain an awkward but polite smile and listen to Ying's story. Ying told about her previous trip to Inazuma. She said that Inazuma's history about scattered soldiers had changed, just like the incident of stepping on the sand. In the end, it was Niwa and a swordsmith who solved it. The two jumped into the furnace core and closed it, but they never came out again.

Next is the Thunder Five Legends. Originally, it was the scattered soldiers who led to the decline of the Thunder Five Legends, but the culprit has now become a crazy swordsman.

An hour ago, Ying was still in Xumi, but now she has returned from Inazuma. I think it is because she can use the anchor point - this ability is really convenient.

"Huh... Huh..." When Ying finally finished speaking and was gasping for breath, Nashida and Amber had the opportunity to interrupt.

"Actually, Ying, you don't have to be so anxious... We already know about this." Amber's face was full of subtlety, and there was embarrassment in her words.

"Ah...?" Ying's eyes widened. "How...how did you know?"

"Well...it's our problem. Amber and I have never told you about this." Nashida waved her hand and looked at Ying. "Amber is actually also an Adventer, or rather, a half-Adventer."

"Ah? Ah--?" Ying felt her heart was shocked again. She looked at Amber with a look of surprise and doubt in her eyes. As for Paimon, Paimon just stood there in a daze, like a statue.

"I was originally thinking of finding a chance to explain it to you, but as you know, Ying, I've been plagued by troubles one after another." Amber spread her hands, "So, I neglected it."

"...I don't think I'll be surprised if you reveal any new identities to me in the future." Ying held his forehead and shook his head, sighing deeply. "Let's get back to the topic. What is the current situation regarding the scattered soldiers?"

Amber and Nashida looked at each other, and finally Nashida repeated to Ying what she had said to Amber. After listening to it, Ying pondered for a long time and finally figured out the situation.

"So... there's a high probability that Sanbing is still in Xumi? He wanted to erase his own existence to change history, but changing history wasn't as easy as he thought. In the end, he ended up in this weird state?"

"That's understandable." Amber nodded, agreeing with Ying's statement. "Now we need to look for traces of the stragglers—Nashida needs to stay here. She needs to confirm the World Tree again."

"Well, without further ado, let's set off immediately!" Even though Ying had just returned from Inazuma not long ago, she still looked full of energy. Seeing this, Amber did not delay too much. After quickly discussing with Nashida, the few of them officially set off.

"...But it's easy to say. How are we going to find them when we really want to? There are so many people in this vast sea of ​​people. It will be troublesome if the stragglers are not in Xumi City." After arriving at the Temple of the Order, Ying looked at the bustling crowd in front of him and felt a headache.

"Remember there was once a man called the Strange One in Inazuma? With his attire... he'd be very conspicuous in Xumi. Let's try asking someone." Amber pondered a solution to the current problem. "But I'll have to trouble you with this."

"Why can't it be done by... Oh - I see. After all, you are the acting great sage now. Going out in person may easily cause some unnecessary trouble, right?" Ying was not stupid after all. She quickly figured out the reason, so she took on the task of asking questions.

Amber's judgment was correct, and the group was lucky too. They soon found information about the stragglers. Some passers-by said that they saw such people in strange costumes near the Grand Bazaar.

After hearing the news, the two did not delay too much. After reporting the situation to Nashida remotely, they hurried to the Grand Bazaar.

However, when Ying really arrived at the Grand Bazaar and saw the scattered soldiers, he was dumbfounded.

In Ying's impression, Sanbing was a violent, unreasonable, and annoying person who almost killed her and was foul-mouthed. But the one who appeared before Ying's eyes... was a gentle Sanbing who subconsciously considered others even when speaking. Compared to the deep and dark executive in the past, the current Sanbing seemed... "transparent".

Perhaps the current soldier is more suitable to be called a "puppet". He is so blank that he doesn't look like a human being.

Frankly speaking, Ying had never forgiven Sanbing and had always disliked him. She had planned to question him about everything he had done after finding him, but now that she had actually met him, Ying found it difficult to connect the person before her with the original Sanbing.

This is probably a question that is somewhat philosophical. For the sins committed by a person before he lost his memory, can we still reasonably hold him accountable now that he has lost his memory and is completely like another person - another person pursuing a new life?

Ying told this question to Amber, and after a little hesitation, Ying came up with the answer: No matter what, those sins will not disappear for no reason, and he cannot be forgiven simply because of amnesia. However, Ying will not be prejudiced and hostile to this different soldier in front of her from the beginning.

"Ying's idea reminds me of an interesting question." Amber thought for a moment after hearing Ying's thoughts and then spoke, "I've seen some people discussing whether a person's family should be affected by misfortune. Specifically, when someone commits a crime, should their family be affected when they are retaliated against?"

"There are two schools of thought on this issue: one that believes it should be done, the other that it shouldn't. The "yes" camp has a very interesting saying: 'The premise for not allowing misfortune to reach family members is that benefits cannot reach family members.'" Amber raised her lips slightly, "The interesting thing about this saying is that it's completely nonsense. If a family doesn't benefit from each other, is it still a family?"

"This is probably just a self-consoling thought before taking action. In my opinion, the other idea of ​​'eradicating the root of the problem' is more reasonable. The former seems like a way of committing a sin without bearing the guilt, and finding an excuse to comfort oneself. How could such a good thing happen?"

"That's getting off topic." After seeing the scattered soldiers heading out into the wilderness, Amber waved to Ying, "Follow them. After observing the situation, it's time to take action."

Chapter 132: The fickleness of fate

"What you said... is hard to believe." Outside Xumi City, after listening to Ying and Amber's explanation, the scattered soldiers fell into a long period of contemplation. "But, I don't think what you said is false."

The three men caught up with the skirmisher, found an opportunity to strike up a conversation, and eventually explained the current situation to him.

"As far as I can remember, I don't know why I was born, nor do I know what I'm going to do. Unlike most people, my past is blank, and wandering aimlessly around is my daily routine." Sanbing's words were gentle, and he was completely different from the Sanbing Ying had in mind.

"It's understandable that you'd think that," Amber continued. "Because you haven't actually experienced that—just think about it, if you've really experienced that long, how could there be no trace left?"

"What do you mean...?" Sanbing looked at Amber, his words respectful, expecting Amber to give an answer.

"You originally tried to completely erase yourself, to truly change history, but this is extremely difficult. With your abilities, it's impossible to do it. All you can do is erase your past. The tragedy still exists, but the process is different. And because the past has been erased, you are now just an 'empty shell'."

"You mean, it's not that I don't have a past, but that it's been erased? It's precisely because of that erasure that the memories I have of my past are so empty?" Sanbing tried to understand. "My past is like a set of oil paintings, and it's those paintings that make up the colorful me."

"And now the colors on those paintings have been erased, leaving me blank?" Sanbing looked into Amber's eyes. "I didn't go back a hundred years and spend a hundred years again. Instead, at the point in time when I erased my past, a new me emerged, one that was void and empty due to the lack of the past?"

"You understand quickly." Amber nodded and agreed with Sanbing's opinion. If Sanbing went back a hundred years and spent another hundred years, then how could there be no trace left after a hundred years of continuous travel?

It's not that it's completely impossible, but the possibility is so low that it can be completely ignored. Therefore, Amber came to such a guess, and this guess was confirmed by Nashida not long ago.

"No wonder you're so lost." Paimon looked at Amber and then at the Skirmisher, crossing his arms and sighing, "I think you should just stay like this—if you regain your memory and become that annoying person again, I can't stand it."

Paimon initially faced the Sanbing with great vigilance and hostility, but after the initial conversation, Paimon changed a little. She now hoped that Sanbing would maintain this state - at least he would not be as foul-mouthed as before, right?

"It seems I did a lot of unforgivable things to you in the past..." Sanbing sighed, his words full of regret. He didn't know exactly what he had done, but instinctively felt that it was wrong. "I apologize to you."