"The end of the journey......"

Sora muttered this.

It wasn't the first time he'd heard it.

Wendy once told him to remember the meaning of the journey.

Ying said to him, "See you at the end of the journey. 】

What does this end point really mean?

What is the end of the journey?

"Alright, that's the end of the question time. Let's say my guess about the Abyss Order's teleportation network is correct. And I'm teleporting here, so it means that there is value in setting up a teleportation node here. Perhaps we are being watched by the abyss. ”

"I'm a little creepy."

Paimon clasped his arms and shrunk behind Sora, looking around suspiciously.

"You guessed it right. The Abyss Order does have a conspiracy. ”

Jiang Bai told everything that had happened here.

Including the two Abyss Apostles I met here when I first came.

"The ...... of the Inverted Ruins"

Dainsleif looked up at the spring above him.

He had already discovered that it was upside down, but he didn't know if it was upside down or if everything around it was upside down.

"Speaking of which, we've seen a lot of hilichurls along the way, why did the Abyss Order drive the hilichurls here?"

"I think maybe it's because of the spring."

"Is there anything special about this spring?"

"I can feel it, it's weakening the curse's effect."

"Curse!" Paimon suddenly remembered what Dain had said.

"I remember you said that as a citizen of Kanria, you have an immortal curse or something......"

"That's right. For hundreds of years, the pain of the curse still haunts me every day. When I came here, I felt a moment of respite. ”

Dain looked up at the pure blue water above his head.

"At this moment, my body is expressing a strong desire to me, which is to stay. But as far as I know, the Abyss Order doesn't yet possess technology that has a similar effect. ”

"Why does this spring have the effect of weakening the curse?" The more Jiang Bai listened, the more confused he became.

The spring itself is supposed to co-exist with the ruin.

Coupled with Dain's affirmation, it can be determined that it was not created by the Abyss Order.

Did some of the people here have been cursed in the past, or have seen a cursed civilization and panicked, so they deliberately created this spring?

Jiang Bai felt that this conjecture was quite reasonable.

It was now clear to him that most of the hilichurls had been transformed from humans.

These humans were cursed and eventually turned into monsters with low intelligence.

And after seeing the tragic situation of my comrades, I panicked and took precautions, which is normal.

Unfortunately, there are no inscriptions and murals here, so there is no way to know how this spring was created.

"Take me to see the hilichurls." Dain said.

The three of them nodded, and led him to the place where many hilichurls were gathered.

Dain crouched down, checked the hilichurls, and suddenly asked a question.

"Do you know why hilichurls wear masks?"

Jiang Bai nodded.

"I know that. Because they are all avoiding their current appearance, afraid to see the reflection in the water. ”

"That's right. Their faces and memories are too ugly and too desperate. ”

"Sure enough, the hilichurls are also ......," Sora's expression was a little unsightly.

Although this result had been speculated on, it felt ridiculous when the definitive answer appeared.

Next time, if you encounter hilichurls again, you should not do it if you can't do it.

Dain said in a deep voice, "The [Immortal] curse is not true immortality. Under the effect of wear and tear, the soul and body are gradually consumed, even if not in the form of death. ”

"So, their souls have been worn out into hilichurls, but they can still remember what they used to be in the fragments of their memories."

Jiang Bai's gaze was a little complicated, looking at the hilichurls around him.

These hilichurls may have lived for a long time.

Until their souls are completely consumed, they also go to death.

Dain withdrew his hand and glanced at the hilichurls around him.

Although it was difficult for his heart to stir again after hundreds of years of experience, it was still sad to see these hilichurls.

"When these hilichurls realize that the end of their selves is near, they seem to instinctively look for a dark and silent corner to say goodbye to centuries of suffering."

"This curse is too cruel......" Sora sighed, but could not do anything.

"I don't think the curse should be the goal." Jiang Bai has a different conjecture.

Since the World Tree carries all the past and memories of the world, even emotions can be turned into power.

What about these painful memories?

Wouldn't they be a huge burden on the World Tree?

Wouldn't it affect the World Tree?

The Divine Sakura Tree needs to be cleaned regularly, so doesn't the World Tree need it?

Therefore, there is probably only one reason why Tianli chooses to use curses.

That is, he cannot directly wipe out a person's soul, but can only gradually wipe out the soul and body in this slow way.

"I'm afraid your guess is very close to the truth." Dain agreed.

As a person who has been devastated by the curse and can still stay awake, there should be no one who understands the curse better than him.

The curse is gradually wearing away his memory, soul, and cognition, until he loses himself completely.

After answering one question, Jiang Bai had more questions.

"Just why? Why the curse? Is it a punishment? ”

"Punishment, isn't that enough?" Dain closed his eyes, hiding the churning anger in his eyes.

"It is a mistake for man to yearn for the mercy of the gods."

Give when you love, and so when you hate.

The whole country, all the people, without exception, were punished.

The mistakes of a few people have to be paid for by all people.

He hated, and this hatred has not stopped for 500 years.

But he also knows it clearly.

The path of the Abyss Order is wrong.

Kanria has already suffered, and there is no need to bring it to other countries.

"What exactly did Kanria do? What really happened 500 years ago? ”

Jiang Bai was too curious.

But no one has told him what really happened.

All he knew was that 500 years ago there had been a dark plague that had spread throughout Teyvat, and that the source of this plague was suspected to be Kanria.

It's a pity that when he arrived in Kanria, he was in an extremely weak state, either being chased or in a coma, he was busy running for his life and surviving.

The whole person is in such a bad mental state that he is in no mood to probe what is going on around him.

To his question, Dain simply said:

"When you get to the end of your journey, you will be able to get answers."

(End of chapter)