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

Amber took a deep breath, picked up the cup of water containing the potion, and drank it all.

Chapter 2: "A Glimpse"

"Origin" is the core definition of a conjecture proposed by Amber and Albedo. It is the source of the entire world and it is "creation" itself.

Amber conducted a series of research on the primordial elements. She tried to create elements that were closest to the primordial elements with constantly improving methods, but to this day, she and Albedo have never actually confirmed whether the primordial elements exist or not.

Amber always felt that there was an unknown force involved in the reaction when making the primordial element fragments - this was a guess deduced based on the results. She finally confirmed its existence by changing the experimental methods and conducting multiple experiments, but Amber never really perceived it or observed it. Amber could not confirm whether it was the primordial or a force related to the primordial, and finally temporarily named it "the primordial force."

The primordial force is the reason why the primordial element fragments can exhibit higher-energy reactions. The more primordial force involved, the closer the final primordial element fragment will be to the primordial element itself. As for the current one, Amber believes that it is not much different from the primordial grass element.

The grass element is the most gentle element. The grass element contains primordial power. After Amber's experiment, if it acts on animals and plants, it can produce different positive reactions. Amber once fed the first piece of forest fragment she made to a mouse, and the mouse's physical fitness was eventually improved to a certain extent. After Amber's observation, it can be confirmed that its lifespan has also been increased.

Afterwards, Amber also experimented with forest fragments of different degrees, and finally confirmed that the more original power a forest fragment had, the greater the benefit it brought, and no negative effects were found so far.

At present, this piece of forest fragment is the result that is closest to the original grass element. Its manufacturing cost is an unimaginable figure. It even contains the elemental power crystal provided by the grass goddess Nashida. Amber failed many times and finally succeeded in making it - and this time, she decided to take it herself to obtain the most reliable experimental data.

As the alchemical potion was drunk in one gulp, Amber felt a warm current that went straight from her mouth to her stomach, followed by a minty freshness. Amber was not too worried about losing her life because her previous observations showed that it was not fatal. However, this time it was the forest fragment closest to the original grass element, so Amber was still prepared to endure the pain.

"Ugh!" After a moment, a heart-wrenching pain came up. A warm current spread from the stomach, dissolved in the blood, and finally gathered in the heart. The pain also came from there, as if a sharp thorn had penetrated deep into it.

Amber took a deep breath and leaned back in her chair to suppress the pain, but before she could adjust, a buzzing sound suddenly came from her head. Her vision suddenly went dark, and for a moment, all that was left was the buzzing sound in her ears.

Suddenly, some sounds were heard in this workshop, from light to heavy, from weak to strong. At first, they were not clear, but in just a moment they became extremely clear, like dull drum beats.

Amber's body collapsed on the chair, and the source of the sound was her heart. Her body could not move, but her consciousness did not disappear. Even her perception was unprecedentedly strong. Although she was not actively driving it at this time, her perception actively reflected everything it perceived around her to her.

Amber felt that her perception was like tentacles, spreading to every place around her. Above the workshop was the first floor of the house. Ah Ji was sitting in the living room enjoying a hot drink, and Amber could hear all the sounds on the street outside. No tiny movement could escape her ears.

But this is not the end. The perception is still going deeper, deep into the skin, deep into the flesh and blood, deep into the bone marrow, deep into the "soul". Amber saw something shining brightly in the soul, as bright as gold. Her theory was confirmed at this moment. This is the origin, a corner of the origin.

The origin is golden, it is like flowing gold. Apart from humans, this thing also exists in other animals, plants and even insects, but they are too small to be observed. As for the rest of the materials like paving bricks, amber cannot sense whether the origin exists in them at all.

"Crack--" A strange sound like something breaking suddenly came, and Amber was completely unable to locate its source for a moment. After the sound was an inexplicable "suction force", Amber's perception was attracted by it, and in an instant she crossed an unknown distance.

"——This is it!" Amber couldn't describe what she felt. She seemed to have entered a room full of mirrors, and her appearance was reflected in each mirror. The beings in the mirrors were extremely similar to her, but with some subtle differences.

However, these "mirrors" are not completely adjacent to each other. They are divided by golden "water flows". This liquid "gold" flows like a river, and Amber recognizes what it is.

“It’s the original…”

'--wrong!'

'This is... an imaginary number.'

After Amber recognized its original shape, her perception finally came to an end. Amber took a quick glance at the vast unknown, and the next moment her originally out-of-control perception quickly returned to the starting point.

All things in the world begin with existence, and existence begins with non-existence. Non-existence is observed, perceived, and shaped to form existence, and existence constructs all things.

The two are like light and shadow, but existence is not light, only non-existence is light. When non-existence is "blocked", shadow appears. Shadow is existence, which is the origin of all things.

The golden energy is not original, it is "creation", it is "imaginary number". The imaginary number is not creation itself, but creation exists only with it, it is the "soil" of creation.

The Milky Way is a huge river composed of stars. The stars are the sand floating on the boundless ocean and the fruits hanging at the end of thousands of branches. The stars are nails that nail the ends of imaginary numbers on the painting called the Milky Way.

Amber woke up to a buzzing sound, her heart beating strongly. Every finger of the hand in front of her eyes contained enormous power. She could feel her body undergoing a "baptism" and becoming stronger.

Amber closed her eyes to sense, and after a brief analysis, she summarized the changes. Her gastrointestinal problems and lumbar spine problems disappeared one after another, and even the two teeth that had some problems fell out automatically and new ones grew in. Her strength was greatly improved, more than twice the original amount.

The perception ability has not grown any further, so it seems that the previous loss of control of the perception ability that seemed to be "running wild" was just an accidental incident.

The biggest change was in her body. She tried to make a small wound on her fingertip, and the wound healed in an instant. The blood that flowed out was not red, but light gold.

Amber inexplicably felt that her body was now at its peak, and this peak would last for a very long time, which meant that her life span was greatly extended, to a degree that she had no idea about.

Amber watched the five fingers bend and stretch before her eyes, and she felt a little dazed for a moment - now, was she still a human being?

All this was obviously not caused by the forest fragments. At best, it was just a "medicine". What really brought about these changes was the part of Amber's soul belonging to the "sea of ​​stars". This part completely turned into an excited state. It was like a "door" leading to a place Amber did not know, and it was like a "passage" connected to somewhere. Amber took a deep breath, and a dark golden energy flow appeared in her hands.

The energy flows are entangled and rotate endlessly. They are like dark golden rings of different sizes that are nested together, rotating in different directions around a unified center.

It is the "original", or in other words, it is the "imaginary number".

This is the original power of the world and even the entire galaxy, but Amber was inexplicably unhappy. What she saw in that quick glimpse before made her fall into a long daze.

One thousand years ago, Old Mond was overthrown and New Mond was founded. Sixteen hundred years before Old Mond, Barbatos, the God of Wind, and his friends overthrew the Storm God Dekalapian. This is the history known to the people of Mond, and anything before that has no real meaning.

This is nearly three thousand years, which is a very long time for human beings. If a person has children and a new generation at the age of 30, that is, 30 years is regarded as a generation, then three thousand years is a full 100 generations. This is an extremely unimaginable time span, a span of 30 centuries.

But before this span, there was so much history, like the ancient country of Findenir and other ancient countries.

——Then, what about going forward?

According to Amber's understanding and speculation, the history of Teyvat is a cycle. Before this era, no one knows how many eras have existed and perished. They were submerged in the torrent called time. That is an unknown number of three thousand years of history. Compared with this, the current three thousand years may not be worth mentioning.

——Then, what about going forward?

In that fleeting glimpse, Amber saw the "Milky Way" and the huge "tree". Compared with this tree, Teyvat, which has condensed an unknown amount of time, is like a grain of sand... no, not even as good as a speck of dust.

If the entire Teyvat is no match for a speck of dust, then what about her, who is like a speck of dust compared to the entire Teyvat?

"Small" - Amber understood more deeply than ever the power that these two words could express. Compared with Teyvat, she was so insignificant, and compared with the Milky Way, Teyvat was so insignificant.

Amber felt inexplicably panicked. What if - just what if, in her earlier quick glimpse, she had not seen the entire tree, but only a small "branch" of the tree, what then?

At her core, she is just a human being, an existence as small as dust compared to Teyvat. People can often see and recognize icebergs floating on the sea, but cannot see or feel the huge shape under the icebergs. How can she be sure that the Milky Way she saw at a glance is the real Milky Way, and not an insignificant corner of the Milky Way?

In the face of such great power, she is so small. Perhaps comparing her to the galaxy is like comparing Teyvat to an atom, so - "nothingness".

"Huh? Why did you suddenly come out? Is the experiment finished?" Aji watched Amber walk over to him and sit down blankly, as if she had lost her soul. "Hey! What's wrong with you? What happened?!"

Ah Ji grabbed Amber's arm and shook it frantically. Amber finally came to her senses. She looked at Ah Ji with a stiff expression and whispered, "...It's nothing. I just fainted. It's probably because I stayed up late, didn't eat for a long time, and was so focused the whole time."

"Huh? I told you to take care of yourself! This hot drink is for you, to replenish your sugar intake first!" Ah Ji handed the hot drink in his hand to Amber, his voice full of concern. "There are still some leftovers in the freezer. Don't pick them now. I'll go heat them up for you!"

Aji jumped down from the sofa and rushed to the kitchen. Amber looked at Aji's back as he left, feeling the temperature of the hot drink in her hand. Her consciousness was gradually returning.

No matter how big the starry sky is, this is where she lives. No matter how big Teyvat is, this is her home. Amber took a deep breath, leaned back on the sofa, and slowly relaxed.

"Nothingness... What a terrifying thing." Amber muttered to herself, "...No matter what, this is where I live. This is my home."

The feeling of emptiness began to slowly dissipate, and Amber took a sip of the hot drink. This was Ah Ji's favorite orange flavor, and it was also Amber's favorite flavor. The sweet and sour taste slowly spread on the tip of the tongue, making Amber breathe a sigh of relief.

Although nothing dangerous happened, she felt as if she had experienced a life-or-death battle and felt extremely relieved. As she relaxed, her stomach, which had not eaten for a long time, protested.

The meaning of life, the reason for the existence of the Milky Way, or some other endless questions, all seemed unimportant at this moment. The smell of food from the kitchen drifted into the living room and poured into Amber's nostrils.

"It's time to eat."

Chapter 3: The Wheel of Fortune Begins to Turn

"Are you going to be away for a while?" On the way to the exit of Xumi City, Nashida, who was borrowing Catherine's body, walked side by side with Amber. Amber changed her clothes, took a cane, and put on a hat, looking like a Fontaine historian.

"Yes, I will find a way to enter Inazuma and look for something there. It may take several months or even a whole year before I can come back. Everything is uncertain." Amber made a relaxed expression, deliberately downplaying the danger behind this trip.

The "possibility" contained in the part of Amber's soul that belongs to the sea of ​​stars was stimulated, and Amber caught a glimpse of the "tree" that was beyond all imagination. Because of her contact with the tree, she gained the power of imaginary numbers. If she stimulated it with all her strength now, she might be able to compete with the gods - with the exception of Morax, the god of rock, Barbatos, the god of wind, and Baalzebul, the god of thunder.

But all this is insignificant compared to the sky. If the sky nail falls, Amber thinks there is almost no chance of survival. It is like the sword of Damocles hanging over her head, an indelible shadow.

"Is that so...?" Nashida looked at Amber. As the Goddess of Wisdom of Xumi, how could she not have sensed the unusual movements in Amber's residence earlier? Amber did not explain what had happened to her. "Alright, you must be very careful on this trip."

Nashida didn't ask anything in the end. Amber nodded when she heard it. They parted ways at the Xumi City Gate, and Amber's figure soon disappeared around the corner.

The farewell was unexpectedly light, as if Amber was not going to leave Xumi for a long time, but just wanted to take a walk out of the city after lunch. Nashida knew that Amber had been hiding a lot of things from her since returning from Mond, but she did not intend to explore it - she was willing to wait until the day when Amber was willing to tell her on her own initiative.

Xumi's largest external port is called Osmo Port, which is separated from Inazuma by a vast ocean. Inazuma is a country composed of multiple islands. Since General Lei Dian announced the isolation of the country a few years ago, it has tightened its imports and exports. In the past two years, it has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world. General Lei Dian used his divine power to gather a violent thunderstorm over the sea area around Inazuma, which is a Jedi that conventional ships cannot cross.

Amber had already prepared a small boat. After being modified, the boat had a very impressive sailing speed. In addition, the sea area was relatively calm recently, so Amber sailed on the sea for a long time without encountering any accidents. Finally, she arrived at the thunderstorm area approaching Inazuma.

Unimaginable thunder elemental power gathered in the sky above that sea area, and dull thunder sounded from time to time. The boat had now completed its mission - Amber had no intention of riding it through the thunderstorm area.

The eagle spread its wings and flew from the boat, diving into the dangerous thunderstorm area. The surging lightning struck from the sky, but the fearless eagle dodged it nimbly. Even if there were some lightning that it could not dodge, they were eventually blocked by the golden shield around Amber.

Construction - This is the first way that Amber has researched to use imaginary energy, but this construction is not a very advanced application. It is the same as how Tartaglia uses the elemental power of water to construct weapons. Now Amber uses it to construct a shield to resist the invasion of thunderstorms.

The other deeper uses of amber have not yet been mastered. The imaginary energy is so wonderful that it is hard to imagine how many applications can be developed if we dig so deep.

Amber was still struggling with the thunderstorm, while on the other side of the continent - in Mond, far away, the gears of fate were turning quietly for a moment.

"So, you are drifting from outside the world?"

"But when you wanted to leave here and go to the next world, a strange god blocked your way?"

Near the Mond Sea, on the beach below the Star-Picking Cliff, a blonde stranger was staring at a white UFO. The blonde stranger's name was Ying. Some time ago, she woke up in a nearby ruin. Her situation was very bad, and her memories were extremely fragmented. It took her some time to piece together what had happened.

Ying took a lot of effort to escape from the ruins. In order to solve the problem of food, she used some materials to make a rough fishing rod, but she didn't catch any fish. Instead, she caught the white UFO in front of her that called itself "Paimon". Ying didn't trust this sudden existence at first, but they had experienced two months of wandering together, and now they have let go of a lot of things.

"Yes, just as I said, a strange god took away my brother, and I was sealed by God and lost my original power. We who once traveled across many worlds are trapped here..." There was a loss that was hard to conceal in Ying's tone. A person woke up in a strange place, unable to piece together his complete past, and didn't know where his only relative was now. No one knew how much pressure she was under.

"I don't know how long ago that happened. After I woke up, I met you, and you know what happened after that." Ying sat on a rock, holding a branch in her hand and drawing the scene in her memory on the beach. Two stars fell in Teyvat and separated from each other.

"Well! Thanks to you, I might have drowned, otherwise, so I will be a good guide!" Paimon clenched his fists and put his hands on his hips, looking at Ying with a smile. Ying was infected by Paimon's emotions and relaxed a lot.

She was separated from her brother and now doesn't know where he is, but fortunately she is not alone and has Paimon by her side.

"It's time to set off, let's go!" Paimon turned in the air and waved her hand vigorously to signal Ying to follow. She hurried towards the direction of Xingluo Lake. Ying stood up obediently and followed Paimon.

"Then let's set off along the route we agreed upon! Since you're looking for your brother, and the one who took him away was a strange god, then go ask the gods of Teyvat!"

"There are seven gods in this world. Which one is the one you are looking for?"

Paimon led Ying along the path while fulfilling his duties as a guide. Ying followed Paimon's footsteps along a path, and after passing an apple tree, they came to a higher place.

What appeared before Ying's eyes was a lush forest. The climate in Mond was very suitable, and it was the best season, which created such a beautiful scenery. In the center of the field of vision, at the center of Starfall Lake, which was some distance away but not too far away, stood a statue.

"That's the Statue of the Seven Gods. The statues of the gods are scattered across the continent, symbolizing that the seven gods guard the world. Among the seven elemental gods, the god who guards Mond controls the 'wind'. Although I don't know if you are looking for the God of Wind, there is a reason why I brought you to the territory of the God of Wind first." Paimon patiently explained to Ying. She took Ying to Xingluo Lake. The two of them crossed the woods, swam across the lake, and came to the Statue of the Seven Gods.

The so-called Seven-Day Statue is a statue of God. The statue of the God of Wind is a female figure with wings on her back, wearing a long robe and holding a crystal ball in her hand. She stands on the top of the stone pillar, and when Ying came to the statue, she reached out and touched the statue.

There are things called "anchor points" in this world, which Ying observed during her two months of wandering. However, the people in this world do not use anchor points and only regard them as a special "decoration". There is a special power in Ying's body. Although this power is sealed by the laws of nature, the seal does not mean disappearance. Thanks to this, she can use these things for convenient "teleportation".

The Seven Days Statue also has the same function as an anchor point, which is why Ying was ready to touch it, but when Ying actually put her hand on it, what happened was beyond her expectations.

The Seven Days Statue emitted light, which gathered on the crystal ball in the statue's hand. The crystal ball emitted light belonging to the wind element. These gathered wind elements eventually broke away from the crystal ball and flowed into Ying's body.

"Hmm——" Ying looked at her hands in disbelief. Just now, the sealed power in her body was actually "awakened".

No, that's not right. It should be said that there was a "resonance" between her and the Seven Heavenly Gods Statue, and thus she inexplicably mastered the method of converting the power in her body into wind element and releasing it, so that she could break free from the restrictions set by the laws of nature to a certain extent.

Paimon expressed surprise at this. "It seems that just by touching the statue, you can gain the elemental power of 'wind'. It's definitely not possible for people in this world to gain power as easily as you do."

"The source of this power... is indeed..." Ying thought for a moment and responded. According to her feelings, the elemental power and the power sealed in her body are of the same origin, but they are expressed in different forms.

Ying couldn't help but recall the god who claimed to be the maintainer of heaven's law and who stopped her and her brother from leaving. The power he wielded was similar to the power in her body - perhaps even fundamentally the same power. That power was golden, like flowing gold.

"Well, after all, you're not from this world." Paimon spread his hands and responded, "Go west from here and you'll reach the free city-state of Mondstadt. Mondstadt is the city of wind, and among the Seven Gods, it is the wind god that is worshipped there."

"Mondstadt is also a country of poetry with many bards. Maybe you can get news about your brother there." Paimon raised a finger and waved, guiding Ying again on the road to Mondstadt. Before the two had gone far, the movement from the sky attracted their attention.

——It was a dragon, an extremely huge dragon with dazzling wings. It spread its wings and soared in the sky, showing unimaginable majesty in every move.

A dragon roar came from the sky, and the dragon landed directly in the forest on the road the two had to pass. The sudden appearance of this huge creature scared Paimon.

The two immediately decided to be 120% alert and move carefully to avoid a head-on encounter with the dragon.

Chapter 4: Umijima Island

Umijima Island - This is one of the main islands of Inazuma Kingdom, where the Umiji people live. They have different beliefs from the Inazuma people and live on this beautiful island.

Umijima Island was originally supposed to be located on the seabed, but as time went by, the landform changed significantly, eventually creating the huge height differences that can be seen everywhere. There are also extremely large scallop shells on the rock wall in the center.

Kaigi Island produces a special luxury called coral pearls, which is also its main product. The island nation of Inazuma is originally more dependent on foreign imports, and this is even more serious on Kaigi Island. The soil of Kaigi Island has a troublesome condition that is inconsistent with the beautiful scenery. It is not conducive to crop planting. The only thing that can be self-sufficient on weekdays is fish.

This might not have been a big deal in the past, but now that Inazuma is closed off from the outside world and surrounded by thunderstorms, only ships as large as the Death Star, the bow of the Southern Cross Fleet, can ignore the impact of the thunderstorm and safely cross the ocean. This means that Inazuma can only try to be self-sufficient. This may not be a big problem for the areas around Inazuma City, but it is very fatal for Umigi Island. They cannot get a stable supply of materials from the outside world, and the original Umigi Island specialties are completely unsalable at the moment.

And now Inazuma has even launched the "Eye Hunting Order", confiscating the Eyes of God from others and embedding them in the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue. The Eyes of God are the crystallization of "dreams". Taking away the Eyes of God means taking away the dreams, and all memories related to them will be forgotten. This is unacceptable to the owner of the Eyes of God, and is the cruelest result - how can an existence with dreams so strong that they can be watched by gods accept it being taken away?

The people of Umigi and Inazuma have never been of the same mind. Under the policy of General Raiden, they naturally rose up in rebellion. This was basically a rebellion that they had to carry out because they could no longer live happily. Under the leadership of the shrine maiden of Umigi Island, they launched a fierce attack, captured Yamo Island at a very fast speed and broke into Kamunatozuka. However, this was achieved because they seized the initiative. The Inazuma Tenryo Bugyo reacted immediately and organized forces to launch a counterattack. The counterattack team was led by Kujo Sara, who was highly regarded by General Raiden.

After several battles between the two sides, Kannazuka fell into the hands of the shogunate army again. Kujo Sara led his army to station in Kannazuka and confronted the Kaigi people. The two sides often fought at Nashiki Beach between Yae Island and Kannazuka.

But as time went on, Haigi Island, which was unable to supply logistical materials, naturally showed signs of decline. It changed from the initial active attack and harassment to passive defense. If it were not for the human god priestess who continued to show her wisdom, they would have lost Bayun Island long ago.

During this special period, the island of Haigi was on high alert, always on the lookout for any possible attacks. Young men with short brown hair, dog-like ears, and tails walked on the road, conducting their daily patrols.

A Haiji soldier hurried over. He was overjoyed to see the young man and quickly came up to him: "Lieutenant General Wulang! Great! You're here!"

The Haiji soldier was breathing heavily while speaking, making people worry that he would suddenly pass out at the next moment. The young man he called Goro patted his shoulder and asked him to catch his breath first.

"Huh... Huh... Yes... There's an enemy attack! From that direction!" The Haiqi soldier ignored the etiquette between superiors and subordinates and reported quickly under special circumstances. "That man is dressed in Fontaine clothing and claims to be from Xumi—this must be a lie! He must be a spy sent by the other side!"