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

"..." Amber fell silent after hearing this. On the one hand, he was hiding the truth, and on the other hand, he wanted to ask her to do these things. This might sound contradictory at first, but Amber could understand it.

Hiding the truth was a rational decision, while asking her was an emotional outpouring. Xinhai was not a cold-blooded person after all. If you think about it carefully, she was the only one with sufficient ability and suitable identity at the moment, but this was not an easy job.

"...This job is not easy, Xinhai, have you ever considered that I might refuse?" Amber put down the teacup and looked into Xinhai's eyes. "After all, I'm just an outsider. Inazuma's affairs have nothing to do with me."

"I know... Naife, I know this." Xinhai sighed deeply, "I know this is asking too much, and it's an unreasonable request. Haiqi Island and I have already received many benefits from you, and now I am still greedy and want you to do this—"

"But... at this time, I can only think of you, and I can only ask you. I know this is Haiqi Island and these are the crimes committed by the resistance army. I know these have nothing to do with you, but... I really can't think of anyone else except you." Xinhai clenched her hands, and there was a hint of helplessness in her words for a moment. This was rare. It was the first time that Amber felt such emotions in her.

"So that's it... You want to atone your sins?" Amber took a deep breath, and her tone softened a lot. Facing Xinhai who was currently exposing his vulnerability in front of her, she couldn't help but think: Xinhai probably trusts her at this moment, which is why he came to her and said these things to her at this time.

She always regarded herself as an outsider because she didn't want to get involved in this troublesome situation, but plans could not keep up with changes. First, she was treated as a guest of honor, and then her actions of revenge eventually brought the relationship between the two to a new level. She unknowingly had some connection with Xinhai, and these connections played their role today.

Xinhai's affection for Amber may not be enough to be considered a friend. At best, it is just respect mixed with some other elements. At that moment, she showed her vulnerability under the huge bad news and high mental tension, and this vulnerability cannot be shown to anyone, but Amber is an exception. Xinhai exposed her helplessness to Amber and behaved like a real young girl, not a leader who strategizes.

"I don't know... I haven't thought about it that much." Xin Hai was filled with lingering fatigue. She had already consumed too much energy in this short period of time. Reorganizing the troops, comforting the soldiers, and formulating emergency strategies. Each of these tasks was extremely difficult. "I just felt... I should do something. These people shouldn't have suffered such an unprovoked disaster."

"But you can't tell these things to the Haiqi soldiers, and those who are not in the Haiqi army don't have that ability, so you came to me?"

"...Yes." Xin Hai nodded and looked into Amber's eyes. "It's okay if you don't agree. I can't offer you any reasonable compensation, but... just consider it a favor—just consider it helping a friend, okay?"

"Huh..." Amber was silent for a moment after hearing that. She looked towards Xinhai, not knowing what she was thinking.

"—A friend's request?" Amber stood up. "Well, there's nothing I can do about it. After knowing all this, I can't bear to watch those people die. I'll agree to it."

"...Thank you, Nafei, I owe you a favor." A hint of surprise flashed across Xinhai's eyes, and then turned into waves of warmth and peace of mind. She finally smiled, and the heavy pressure and fatigue on her body were much less at this moment.

Amber is not a cold-blooded person. She thinks she is not a good person, but she also does not think she is a bad person. Most people in the world are like this, neither black nor white, but the "gray" in between.

She has committed massacres and saved many people, but her merits and demerits cannot offset each other. She has never ignored the killings she has committed. She chooses to carry them on her back and continue on this path.

Xinhai made the request to her as a friend, and the fact that civilians in war are indeed innocent was enough to motivate her to do these things that would bring absolutely no benefits - it would be boring if interests were always put first.

"But before that, Xinhai, you should rest." Amber walked behind Xinhai and gently stroked her head. Then, she touched Xinhai's temple with her fingertips, which shone with a golden light of imaginary energy. "This is advice from a friend's perspective."

Xinhai slowly relaxed under the healing of imaginary energy. Shrouded in anxiety, she yawned loudly, and her heavy eyelids blinked a few times before finally closing. Amber waited until Xinhai's breathing became even, then gently picked her up, put her on the bed, and covered her with a quilt.

She put on a raincoat, picked up her walking stick, and walked out of the room with light steps. For a moment, the only sound in the room was her breathing. Her sleeping face looked very peaceful, just like the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale.

"Sir...you?" Amber went out and was met by Goro. Goro didn't look in a very good condition. After experiencing all that personally, it seemed that he would need some time to recover.

"Xinhai has fallen asleep. I will go to Bayun Island later and bring the survivors there to a safe place." Amber tightened her raincoat. It was not comfortable to wear and was a bit awkward.

"...You." Goro's mouth opened and closed, and only one or two words popped out occasionally in the long silence. This look did not match him. Amber knew that Goro should be straightforward and carefree. She had never seen him struggle with words like this before.

"One general will eventually be the victim of thousands of deaths. This is what war is like. Goro, you must remember what this war is for - war is the soil that nourishes hatred, and hatred will make people no longer human, but become ghosts seeking revenge. If the resistance army is deeply trapped in hatred, then it will no longer be an army of righteousness, but merely an armed and violent group no different from pirates and bandits." Amber patted Goro's shoulder and she sighed softly.

"..." Wu Lang opened his mouth silently, and closed it after a moment. He recalled the experience of a few days ago, the tragic defeat, the breakup, and the "war" in which too many people were buried on Bayun Island.

"...I'm going to keep watch for Lord Coral Palace." Goro suddenly lowered his head to hide his ugly expression. The fragility that he had suppressed deep in his heart overflowed at this moment. He brushed past Amber and stopped not far from her door with his back to her.

"There are usually not many people here, so it's quite quiet. You can take a break and think about it." Amber knew that Wulang didn't want to show his vulnerable side in front of her, and she didn't intend to explore the matter. Wulang was a strong general, and he would recover soon.

"...I'll leave Bayun Island to you, sir."

"Okay." Amber waved her hand and walked silently towards the outside of the Coral Palace. In a secluded place, she transformed into a falcon and spread her wings to fly to Bayun Island.

After the initial natural disaster on Bayun Island, the weather changed drastically due to the resurgence of the evil spirit. It was gloomy all the time, it rained a lot, and thunderstorms would strike the ground from time to time. This place began to become extremely unsuitable for living.

Amber landed near Bayun Island. She tightened her raincoat again and walked into the continuous rain. She had imagined the situation of Bayun Island many times, but the actual situation was still beyond Amber's expectations. She looked at Bayun Island in front of her and silently took out a mask and put it on.

Here, a corpse can be seen every few steps. Most of them are unrecognizable and it can be judged that they died from lightning strikes, but many also died from accidents such as falls. Those who actually died in battles are actually a minority. Amber can feel that this land is slowly being infected by the remnants of the demon that has escaped the seal. It won't be long before a major epidemic will spread with so many corpses, and then Bayun Island will become a veritable death place.

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning struck the ground near Amber, raising a cloud of dirt. Amber sighed silently. She really didn't know how many civilians were left on Bayun Island after such a disaster.

The northernmost part of Bayun Island is Tengdou Fort, which was also the previous base of the rebels. It occupies about 1/3 of the entire Bayun Island and is divided into two halves with the rest of the land by a huge ravine. This ravine was not formed naturally, but was formed thousands of years ago when General Lei Dian fought against the demon god Orobas. He used his unique skill "Wuxiang Yidao" that condensed all martial arts to change the landscape. Since then, this huge ravine has been called "Wuxiang Blade Narrow Space" by the Inazuma people.

To this day, there is still a strong element of thunder in this ravine. This element of thunder lingers in the sea water in the ravine, turning it into a deadly place. No one dares to go deep into it.

South-west of the Wuxiang Blade Gap is the largest settlement on the entire Bayun Island, called Feimu Village. This is Amber's first destination. Further south of Feimu Village is the huge head of the dead demon god Orobas. This head and his huge body have turned into a pile of white bones, entrenched in every corner of the Bayun Island.

Chapter 13: Trip to Hiki Village

"Cough cough...!" In the house in Feimu Village, a tall middle-aged man coughed twice, his expression a little painful.

"Village chief, have you also been infected by the evil spirit?" The young man next to the middle-aged man brought a bowl of water, but the village chief just pushed it away when he saw it.

"Who can escape? So many people died this time, I'm afraid..." The middle-aged man sighed deeply, with helplessness in his words. His name is Washizu, and he is the village chief of the Himuki Village. Now it has been a month after the thunderstorm, and the many effects of the reappearance of the evil god have begun to appear. Some people in the village have begun to fall ill. The current symptoms are just some conditions similar to colds, but some people have been bedridden, and it is hard to say how the situation will develop in the future.

"Alas... the funny thing is that the most terrifying thing right now is not the epidemic. It will take some time for the epidemic to kill us - but the lack of food will make us starve to death soon. Changling, how much food is left in the village now?" Jiujin sighed deeply and asked the young man next to him. The young man gritted his teeth when he heard this, and there was a hint of unwillingness in his words.

"There's less than half a month's supply left..."

"......Alas." Washizu sighed deeply again. The evil god reappeared on Bayun Island, and the situation was most serious near the wreckage of the snake god. Himeki Village was a medium-sized settlement relatively farthest from the wreckage, so many people fled to Himeki Village. Washizu chose to provide assistance to these people, but the current food problem was a dilemma they had to face.

"Is the only way to buy some from those pirates?" Washizu looked up at the roof. Because of the weather, the house was very dark, and the smell of dampness filled every corner.

The pirates he was talking about were some bandits among the Inazuma clan. They had received a lot of fresh blood during this turbulent period and had become active again. There were some pirate gathering places near Yayun Island. They had surplus food, but rushing over to buy it would be extremely risky.

Washizu's brows were furrowed, but after a moment he suddenly looked somewhere.

"Chang Ling, what is that foreign pharmacist doing now?"

Chang Ling was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then suddenly realized, "Yes! She seems to be very good at fighting! But I don't know what she is doing now, probably taking care of a critically ill patient, right?"

"Hmm..." Washizu fell into a long silence after hearing that. He was weighing something, but at this moment there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Village chief! I have good news!" A man with an ecstatic look on his face pushed open the door and quickly approached the two of them. "That foreign pharmacist has truly developed a cure for the plague! The patients there were able to walk again in just half a day after taking it!"

"What?!" Washizu stood up suddenly after hearing that. This caused him to feel uncomfortable in his body and he started coughing violently.

Chang Ling hurriedly handed water to Jiujin, and another person also hurried over to support Jiujin. Jiujin just waved his hand to refuse. He rushed out of the house and headed towards a house in the village.

When he pushed open the door, what appeared before him were the patients who were originally bedridden but were now able to stand up on their own. Amber was sitting at the table, holding a pen in her hand, looking at Washizu.

"You... no, you really made a medicine that can cure the evil god plague!?" Washizu walked into the house excitedly. The scene before him was definitely not fake, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Yes, but also no." Amber said, gesturing for Washizu to be quiet. "The medicine can only suppress the plague to a certain extent, but it can't cure the root cause. At best, it can only prolong life."

"Ah..." Washizu's enthusiasm visibly waned, but his hope wasn't completely lost. He took a deep breath and posed a new question, "Since you can make these, you can surely also make a cure for the plague?"

"No." Amber pushed up her glasses and interrupted Washizu calmly, "Don't underestimate the disaster that will follow the death of the demon. Dealing with the demon's residue has been a long-standing problem, and the current suppressive drugs are already at their limit."

"If we want to resolve the plague, the only solution is to relocate. Previously, you avoided discussing this, saying, 'There are too many people infected in the village, and they can't survive the migration.' Can we discuss it now?"

"..." Washizu fell silent after hearing that. His expression became much uglier. He looked at Amber and sighed deeply after a long time.

"But, this is where we grew up, it's our roots." Washizu looked outside the house. In the center of the Feimu Village, there was a huge tree. It was so thick that even ten people could not reach it together. But it died when Chongshen reappeared. Washizu had thought more than once whether this would be the fate of the entire Feimu Village.

"Besides, where else can we go except here? At the beginning of the isolation period, the situation wasn't so serious. At most, life was just a little difficult. But then, the furnace core of Kamunatsuka Mikage exploded, and too many workers died inside, including many young and strong people on Yayun Island. Since then, life has become completely difficult."

"Without external channels to purchase food, we were forced to use the food we had stored for emergencies. During this period, pirates and bandits became rampant, and the world became completely chaotic. Then, the rebels appeared and began fighting the shogunate army, making life even more difficult."

"Most of the remaining young and strong people in the village have joined the army. If they're lucky, they might be able to make a name for themselves and bring their families to Inazuma City, where things are much better. But if they're unlucky, there's one less mouth to feed. Now, most of those left are the elderly, the weak, women, and children. I don't know what we should do."

"Honestly, I don't know either." Amber waved her hand. "But if I stay, I'm absolutely certain I'll die. Trying to move away might give me a new chance of survival."

Kohaku handed Washizu a bottle of medicinal powder and offered some final advice: "Divide the powder into three parts and mix each into three buckets of water. Then have everyone in the village drink some of the water. The medicine will take effect quickly, and then we'll have the best chance to migrate—at least everyone will have the strength to run."

"I don't intend to spend too many words to persuade you. I hope you can make a wise judgment and persuade the residents here to leave and find other ways out." Amber took a last look at Washizu, signaling him to leave and not disturb her writing records.

Washizu held the medicine bottle and walked out of the house silently. Changling was waiting outside the house. He looked at Washizu with eyes full of worry.

"Village chief, what are you planning to do...?" Chang Ling had obviously heard everything that was said between the two. He looked at Jiu Jin, who looked exhausted, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"What do you think, Changling?" Jiujin turned his gaze to Changling, his brows furrowed.

"...I think she has a point. Staying here is indeed a dead end. Instead of waiting to die here, it's better to try to leave and give it a try."

"Young people are so energetic...that's great." Washizu closed his eyes, then slowly opened them after a moment. After a brief thought, he finally decided to give it his best try - after all, it wouldn't get any worse.

While Amber was carrying out her business, the blonde stranger far away in Mondstadt took a new step. With the help of Barbatos, the god of wind, she flew into the sky and started a fierce chase with Tevarin. In the end, she successfully shattered the poisonous blood crystal behind Tevarin, making it regain consciousness. In order to thank the traveler for her contribution, the Knights awarded her the title of Honorary Knight and held a banquet for the traveler.

"Singer, so you are here! Why didn't you join us in celebrating?" Paimon and Ying walked out of the restaurant after the fun and saw the green poet sitting in the corner plucking the strings of his guitar.

"Oh, of course I want to celebrate with you, but I had something important to do just now—I went to see Tevarin and confirm some things." Wendy first answered Paimon's question, then turned her gaze to Ying, "You probably have a lot of questions, right? How about asking them now?"

Ying didn't hold back when she heard that and asked all the questions she had about the dragon disaster. She asked about Tevarin, asked about the history of Mondstadt that Wendy knew, asked about the Abyss Cult, and asked about the Fatui. Wendy told her everything she knew.

"Finally, have you ever seen a man who looks similar to me and is about this tall? He is my brother." When Ying mentioned her brother, a shadow fell on her face, which was different from her usual energetic appearance.

"I don't know." Wendy spread out his palms. "But the Rock God in Liyue, where you are going later, has lived for a long time. He might know something. However, he will only show up at the annual ceremony to invite the immortals. Now there is more than half a year to go before the ceremony. How about staying in Mondstadt during this time?" Wendy curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and made some calculations in his mind.

"Mondstadt has just emerged from the disaster and still needs to rebuild. The Grand Master's expedition took many of his men with him, making the already tight manpower situation even tighter. If you were here, it would definitely make things much easier."

"Hey, street singer, you should be the one doing all this, right? You just want to be lazy!" Paimon ruthlessly exposed Wendy's thoughts, and Ying rolled her eyes in response. Wendy smiled shamelessly when she heard that.

"If I take action now, wouldn't it go against my original intention of hoping that the people of Mond will govern themselves? Can you just think of it as helping a friend? Can you? Can you?" Wendy approached Ying, her eyes wide open as she looked at Ying. A dazzling light flashed in her emerald pupils, and combined with Wendy's baby face that highlighted her youth, she looked a little... cute for a moment.

"Ah! So dazzling!" Paimon covered his eyes with his hands, and Ying did the same. The dignified God of Wind actually sold his body for such a thing. It was really impossible to... refuse!

"Okay, okay, we'll just have to wait for a while anyway, but you have to pay more attention to the news about my brother and Liyue in the future, otherwise I will hate you for the rest of my life." Ying tapped Wendy's forehead, agreeing to the proposal.

"No problem!" Wendy nodded vigorously. The twins of destiny have already embarked on their respective journeys. He is really looking forward to what will happen next.

Chapter 14: Beneath the Abyss

"...Huh." Less than an hour after officially leaving Feimu Village, Chang Ling stopped in front of his house with an umbrella and looked at the notice on the fence.

There are several notices on the fence, one from the shogunate army and the other from the resistance. The shogunate army claims that the resistance is a group of traitors who don't know how to live or die, while the resistance says that the shogunate army is a group of loyal running dogs. The shogunate army's notice firmly believes that General Raiden is absolutely right, and her actions must have their deep meaning, while the resistance calls on civilians to look around and think about their own lives. They raised a question: Is it true that the Great God of Raiden will never do anything wrong?

Such an idea is incredible. In Inazuma, the people of Inazuma often worship gods even more than the people of Liyue worship the God of Rock. The God of Rock only appears in the annual ceremony of inviting the gods. However, the Great God of Thunder and Lightning of Inazuma is the supreme ruler of Inazuma. In the hearts of the people, she is the only god who has ruled Inazuma from the beginning to the present. Such belief is naturally deeply rooted.

Can gods make mistakes? Perhaps, but for the Inazuma people, they rarely think about this question. The Thunder God is the absolute truth - but this belief has been shaken in recent days.

The policy of closing the country to the outside world and the implementation of the hunting order, initially most people were willing to believe that the general had a deeper meaning, but as things developed, more and more disadvantages began to emerge, the shortage of supplies caused the quality of life to plummet, and this situation gave rise to many vagrants and bandits, and the country was completely in turmoil.

After that, problems within the Bugyosho began to emerge. The Kande Bugyo was in charge of finances, but at this critical moment, it was focused on amassing money and political struggles. The Tenryo Bugyo was in charge of military and political affairs - but the problem can be seen from the fact that there are very few people in the current military who hold high positions but are afraid of death. In the end, only the Shō Bugyo is close enough to the people, but the Shō Bugyo's power is far less than it used to be, and it is particularly difficult for it to protect itself.

The people hoped that the Shogun would come out of that tower and put an end to all the unrest, but several years passed in the blink of an eye, and there was no sign of improvement.

"...Maybe this Inazuma is really hopeless." Chang Ling tightly grasped the umbrella in his hand and sighed deeply. Most of the residents in the village were gathering in one direction, waiting to cross the Wuxiang Blade Narrow Space later, then head north to the coast, and then take a boat to leave the Bayun Island where the evil spirit is entrenched, and go to the Haigi Island to continue their lives.

——Yes, Umijima.

Chang Ling silently joined the crowd. He couldn't help but recall last night when a group of shogunate soldiers came here. They claimed that they were following the orders of Lord Kujo from Tenryo to lead the survivors to a safe place. They were more convinced of these soldiers who were truly from government agencies. They took the soldiers to count the number of people and waited for one night before officially setting off the next day.

But the result was despairing. When the shogunate soldiers discovered that the people of Hime Village were infected with the Suishin plague, they were afraid that they would spread the plague to other places if they went there. So that night they planned to drill a hole in the ship that was carrying them away from the land the next day and let them drown in the sea.

All of this was discovered by the village chief Washizu. He joined hands with Kohaku, who had known that the shogunate army had ill intentions, to nip these people's conspiracy before it could be implemented.

"What are you thinking about?" Amber asked casually when she saw Chang Ling's face full of loneliness.

"I'm thinking, maybe those people thought this was right. If the plague spread to the outside world, more people would die, so they chose to kill us." Chang Ling sighed deeply, "But I can't stop resentment. We, the civilians of Inazuma, have done so much for Inazuma from birth until now. Every grain of rice those magistrates' soldiers eat and every mora they take is due to our contribution, yet now they treat us like this."

"Sacrificing a few to preserve the majority is a common practice," Amber said in a rather calm voice. "But few people consider that the weight of life cannot be measured by numbers."

"-No, that's not right. You can't say that. At best, it's just because they are not one of the few. At best, the butcher's knife did not fall on them." Amber roughly calculated the number of people present, and then glanced in the direction of Inazuma Castle. She couldn't help but recall the Eye Hunting Order.

General Raiden tried to emulate the laws of nature and used the primordial power called dreams in the Eye of God to build "eternity" in Inazuma. She confiscated the Eye of God from some people and also took away their dreams. This might, to some extent, be a sacrifice of a few people in exchange for a better future in her eyes.

"Okay, it's almost time, it's time to set off." Amber didn't give Changling time to think. She waved her hand and walked towards the north first. Jiujin followed Amber without saying a word, and behind them came a large group of civilians.

There used to be many people living here, but now Bayun Island has become completely desolate, and it will probably return to dead silence from now on.

There is still no consensus on who destroyed the stone. Some members of the shogunate army claimed that it was done by the rebels, but the rebels also had other theories. In the end, nothing changed, just as it had been before and as shown in those notices.

They had not originally planned to go to Kaigi Island, but since the Ministry of Justice did not accept them, then perhaps this was the only place they could go. Not all of them had left here at the moment. Some old people knew they could not survive the migration, so they stayed where they were and waited to die. They used the reluctance to leave this land as the reason for staying, and the others tacitly kept silent about the real reason behind this. Leaving was not necessarily a good choice, and staying was not a good choice either. It was nothing more than choosing the lesser of two evils.

……

With the help of the sea breeze, it didn't take long for Amber to arrive at Haigi Island with a boatload of people. Haigi Island was short of people at the moment, and even if few of these people were green, they could provide great help in hydroponics, so they naturally had no reason to refuse.

The aftermath work was tacitly taken over by someone arranged by Xin Hai. After about a month's absence, Amber returned to the Coral Palace.

"Thank you so much, Nafei." When there was no one around, Xinhai expressed her gratitude to Amber. Her complexion was much better than before Amber left.

"Instead of thanking me with words, why not do something practical?" Amber said more relaxedly. "Has Yuanxia Palace 'woke up'? I've waited long enough."

"Yes, the entrance has become active." Xin Hai pursed her lips, a hint of worry in her eyes. "However, I know nothing about the situation in the Abyssal Palace - the same goes for the rest of us. But legend has it that a clan of deep-sea dragon lizards live there, so it could be very dangerous."

"It's okay, I can handle it." Amber's words were full of confidence, which made Xinhai feel a lot more at ease. Indeed, if even Amber couldn't handle it, then who else on Haiji Island could handle it?

"When do you plan to enter Yuanxia Palace?" Xinhai asked unintentionally, and Amber only responded with two words.

"Now."

The Abyss Palace, that is where the ancestors of the sea people lived. A long, long time ago, so long ago that the godless kingdom may still be in its infancy. At that time, the Abyss Palace was not located underground like Kanrea, but just as the towering Pointed Hat Peak will be flattened one day, for reasons few people know, a huge turmoil swept across Teyvat, the mountains and rivers turned upside down, the earth collapsed, and the Abyss Palace fell into the ground and into the "sea abyss".

The entrance to the Abyssin Palace from the Kaigi Island is a whirlpool. Amber stood on the island, overlooking the scene below. Perhaps the Abyssin Palace had truly woken up at this time, and the entrance had also become much more active. The whirlpools were entangled and kept spinning, looking a little turbulent.