Three days later,

The Great Red Sand Sea, a remote corner,

Nearly 100 holy warriors surrounded this place,

In the middle of the crowd, there was Wang Daoyi, dressed in white with gold edges,

Sitting in the center, Wang Dao looked at the sky, and then said to the people waiting beside him, "Are you ready?" ”

"Don't worry, the leyline town stone plus the suppression of the magic circle, unless there is a strong person who personally destroys it, don't even think about moving the earth pulse here today." Nicholred said lightly,

Although he didn't know why Wang Daoyi asked him to prepare this, he still tried his best to fulfill Wang Daoyi's request and suppressed this leyline.

"Well, okay, thank you." The royal road is a little head.

"Huh." Nicholred smiled, then spoke, "You are now nominally my sovereign, so you don't need to be so polite. ”

Wang Daoyi shook his head slightly, still with a smile on his face: "I'm afraid that Albedo will say that I oppress you." ”

The alchemist that Chisha can handle at the moment is Nicholed alone, so a lot of alchemy needs are all gathered on him alone, and his workload can be called abuse.

Nicholred himself enjoyed it, though, and he liked the feeling of being needed.

"With these leyline town stones and magic circles, plus the protection of Nikored and nearly a hundred holy relics warriors, it shouldn't be a big problem to light up the fifth life star."

Previously, when Wang Daoyi lit up the fourth star in Liyue, Zhongli summoned Xiao to protect it.

And the situation at that time was indeed a bit dangerous,

According to Xiao, after Wang Daoyi entered the false heaven, an inexplicable fluctuation affected the leylines of Tianheng Mountain, causing various monsters to attack Wang Daoyi, and finally even a demon god's resentment appeared.

And later, when Wang Daoyi smoothed the leylines of Tianheng Mountain, he did find that the leylines were abnormal.

So, when you are ready to light up the fifth star in the desert,

Wang Daoyi began to prepare all kinds of things to suppress the leylines.

The leyline town stone, the leyline magic circle, plus the holy relic warrior, Nicholed, these combined should be enough to protect him from lighting up the fifth life star.

"Nikored, I'm going to enter the False Heaven, there may be an abnormal appearance of the leylines in a while, please control the Zhenshi and the magic circle to suppress the leylines, and the warriors will guard this place, so that the monsters don't have a chance to get closer."

Nicholed: "Don't worry, no problem."

Warriors: "Yes, my God." ”

Nodding slightly, Wang Dao waved his hand,

On the yellow sand, a rock platform slowly rose, supporting Wang Daoyi's body.

Closing his eyes and his mind moved, his mind once again came to the starry sky like an abyss.

The familiar car set off towards the Explorer's Seat, and quickly skipped over the clusters of different forms of the Seat of Life.

Maybe it's a dead heart, or maybe it's brewing a big one,

The pitch-black chain composed of black squares before did not appear beside Wang Daoyi,

Not even in his perceptual range.

All the way to the Explorer's Seat,

Like a bust holding a book in both hands, Wang Daoyi's seat of life gradually brightened, and when Wang Daoyi approached, it was already bright, and the shining light made the surroundings appear darker and darker.

Feeling the kindness from the seat of life, Wang Daoyi's eyes were not happy, but a little surprised.

The maintainer behind the false heaven has not come out to stop himself, which is not right.

It's like you know you're violating the rules, but the enforcers are turning a blind eye to you.

This kind of perverse thing often represents a greater danger lurking behind.

But

Until now, it is impossible for Wang Daoyi to retreat,

"Since you don't come out, then you're welcome."

Stretching out his fingers, a little glimmer bloomed, towards the dim fifth star point on the constellation of life,

On the constellation of life, the fifth star vibrated slightly, and a ray of light was born inside, wanting to respond to Wang Daoyi's ignition.

As his fingers got closer and closer to the Fifth Life Star, Wang Daoyi's inner drama became more and more vigilant, and his perception was fully open, guarding against the pitch-black chains that might suddenly attack from the void at any time.

However, until Wang Dao's finger came into contact with the fifth star, nothing unusual happened.

Seeing the fifth life star shine, Wang Daoyi became more and more puzzled in his heart,

"It's . The maintainer resigned himself to his fate? Or is there something I don't know about involved? ”

All kinds of thoughts are circulating in Wang Daoyi's mind,

And his gaze was on the picture projection in the fifth life star,

It was before a huge golden throne,

A thin figure was looking at the void in front of him,

And in the nothingness in front of the thin figure, there are other pictures appearing,

It was a garden of roses, and three tiara-headed beings were communicating,

Then one of the beings noticed the peep of the thin figure, shook his head at him, and finally, the picture was broken,

The thin figure came back to his senses, and a faint light appeared in front of him,

Wang Daoyi knew that the thin figure was himself, and these pictures were the scenes where he gained authority in the Hall of the Red King's Divine Appearance.

The picture flows, and scenes of what Wang Daoyi has done in the desert appear in it,

Incarnate the image of the Red King and give liberation to the last Red King believer,

Manipulate the scene of a sandstorm sweeping through the desert,

The scene of establishing the Chisha tribal alliance,

Build idols of gods, spread authoritarian scenes,

Until three days ago, Wang Daoyi and Nahida signed a divine pact with each other.

didn't wait for Wang Dao to react, countless scenes and pictures converged, and then exploded.

An illusory figure appeared in front of him.

White hair, golden eyes, a crown on his head, a heroic temperament, a cold expression, and a sense of majesty.

"The Red King."

Looking at the illusory figure in front of him, Wang Dao's eyes froze, and he opened his mouth to say his identity.

Wang Daoyi looked at the 'Red King' at the same time, the other party was also looking at him,

The illusory figure of the 'Red King' became more and more condensed, as if this ancient god king was about to return from time,

"Long time no see, my heir, my brother, my . Heir. ”

The solemnity in Wang Dao's eyes dissipated, and was replaced by a look of bewilderment,

The heir, and even the brother, Wang Daoyi can understand,

But what the hell is an heir?

"You seem confused?"

"Of course I am confused, I inherited your authority, said the inheritor, I approved, I learned your form, said that it was a brother, I can understand."

Wang Dao looked at him with doubts and a hint of resistance, "But, heir, I can't understand this word, do I have anything to do with you?" ”

The 'Red King' looked at Wang Daoyi, his eyes became more and more satisfied, and the wisps of appreciation were about to overflow.

"Of course it matters, the moment you accept my gift, you are my heir."

The 'Red King' nodded, then looked at Wang Daoyi's strange face, and suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha, what are you thinking, don't think about the words of the gods with the thoughts of mortals, in the eyes of the gods, the definition of heirs is not so narrow." ”

"You have inherited my authority, you have inherited my form, and even my people, so how can you not be called my heir?"

Wang Dao was stunned, was it explained like this?

However, hearing this explanation, he was not so resistant to the word heir.

According to this statement of the Red King, it is nothing more than an alternative incense inheritance,

It is similar to the meaning of the ancient long room that broke the incense and inherited one from the second room.

"I see, it's true that I'm narrow-minded." Wang Dao nodded, then looked at the Red King Phantom in front of him, "But why are you here?" ”

Although he recognized what the 'Red King' said, it didn't mean that Wang Daoyi was defenseless against him.

This is a false heaven, and even next to it is his own constellation,

A god-king level existence, an existence that had dissipated as promised, suddenly appeared here, and Wang Daoyi's inner vigilance was already full.

"It's a good thing to be vigilant, but it doesn't have to be the case for me, what is standing in front of you now is only the information I left in the World Tree, not the real Red King."

His words are a bit forgiving, on the one hand, he thinks he is the Red King, and on the other hand, he denies that he is the real Red King,

However, Wang Daoyi can understand that the other party's current state is like the Great Mercy Tree King in the World Tree Secret Realm.

The real Great Mercy Tree King has long since died, and what remains in the World Tree is the last remnant of the Great Mercy Tree King.

The Red King in front of him is probably in this state.

"Then you're here for"

"Naturally, it's for you, my heir, can you tell me, is the Great Red Sand Sea okay now?" The Red King Phantom looked at Wang Daoyi and asked, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

"It's not good, after your fall, future generations distorted history, regarded the rainforest as an enemy, the Great Red Sand Sea Dynasty towered and fell apart, and the civilization of the people of the sand plummeted."

Wang Daoyi tells the evolution of the desert over the millennium,

The Red King listened quietly, without any expression on his face, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

Long

"Oh, yes, at least they survived."

The Scarlet King Phantom did not sympathize with the miserable plight of the Sand People in the slightest, but instead smiled.

"You don't seem to care about them?" Wang Daoyi felt that the Red King didn't seem to be uncomfortable.

King Chi looked at him strangely, then shook his head, and denied Wang Daoyi's statement: "How is it possible, they are my people, I naturally love them, if I don't love them, I won't choose to sacrifice myself." ”

Wang Daoyi: "."

Seeing the way the king wanted to speak and stopped, the red king knew what the person in front of him was thinking.

However, the reason for this is a long story, and the Red King is not ready to tell it,

After hesitating for a moment, he slowly spoke: "He once told us the secrets of the sky, and He expected me to have the most rebellious thoughts, and I, too, expected Him to calculate against me. ”

"Who made me fall in love with Him like that?"

Wang Dao's eyes were filled with curiosity and an uncontrollable desire to explore: "Is he the Kao?" What's your plan? ”

The Red King didn't answer, as if he was recalling something, he was silent for a moment, and then he looked at Wang Daoyi again, and asked in a different way: "My successor, what do you think of the existence of gods to people?" ”

I don't know why the Red King can change the subject so bluntly,

However, Wang Daoyi thought for a while and answered this question: "God, for people, is sustenance, faith, and the existence that provides them with protection. ”

This is the answer that Wang Daoyi came to Teyvat after a long encounter,

The people of Mondstadt placed their faith in Barbatos, and with his protection, they begged for freedom, even though it was said that it was the freedom that the people of Mondstadt themselves had fought for.

The people of Liyue have placed their faith in Morax, and with his protection, they have sought prosperity, even though the Emperor always says that it is the prosperity of the people of Liyue themselves.

Even Inazuma is full of vitality after Raiden Shogun returns to the right path.

Therefore, Wang Daoyi believes that the gods are sustenance, faith, and shelter for people.

"In your eyes, are gods and humans such beings?"

The Red King nodded slowly, and then a hint of madness suddenly appeared in his eyes: "So, what if I told you that the so-called [God] was superfluous in the first place?" ”

“.” Wang Daoyi was silent for a while, and then raised his head, "I think, you mean, people can live well without gods, right?" ”

The Red King nodded, this statement can be regarded as part of his meaning.

"In my opinion, if anything can exist for a long time and not die, then there is a reason for existence."

"Whether it is God or man, since God has existed in this world for so long, God has not died out, and man has not become extinct, which means that the current ecosystem can be maintained."

"So, maybe people can live without gods, but with gods, people can continue to live."

Speaking of which, looking at the expressionless appearance of the Red King, Wang Daoyi knew that he had not persuaded the Red Crown King.

However, the Red King didn't seem to be angry, he just nodded flatly: "So you think so, anyway, our concept has not yet reached unity, then, the next words, you just need to listen to it, there is no need to think deeply." ”

"My plan, the specific process is inconvenient to tell you, let's put it this way, at that time, this country was managed by me, Kao, and the three gods of the tree king, the tree king was keen to open up the rainforest, and the people here were basically managed by me and Kao."

"And Kao and I thought that the so-called [gods] were superfluous from the beginning, so the two of us made a plan to take the lies of the gods as the main body, and use the destruction of the lies as an opportunity to completely free mortals from the will of the gods. 】”

A trace of shock flashed in Wang Dao's eyes: "God's lie is shattered."

His mind flashed, and many things were connected by him,

The Red King Phantom stopped and looked at Wang Daoyi: "It seems that you have understood something. ”

Wang Dao nodded a little, and he did understand.

Whether it is the fall of the Red King or the fall of the Kao, these two gods have been preparing for a long time.

Kao guided the Red King on the path of rebellion against the sky, and left some messages for the Red King, and then calmly embarked on the road of death.

Then the Red King used Kao's death as an excuse to unite all the forces in the desert, whether it was Kao's family members or the humans who once believed in Kao, all belonged to the name of the Red King,

Then, the Red King made up a lie again,

That is, the [Eternal Oasis], this lie keeps the forces that belong to Kao still closely united, and will not be divided.

And after that, the Red King deceived his people again and again, leading them into the abyss of madness until the end came.

Finally, there is the pollution of forbidden knowledge, and the self-sacrifice of the Red King,

The people of the desert remembered the Red King and the Flower King, and fell deeply in love with these two gods, and in the lies left by the Red King, they looked for the opportunity of their resurrection again and again.

But again and again, in the cycle of hope-seeking-disappointment, the people of the sand will slowly and completely turn their love for the gods into disappointment, and finally abandon this desperate faith,

And they who have been deceived by the gods will naturally not believe in other gods.

In this way, the idea that "God is superfluous from the beginning" naturally planted seeds in the hearts of the desert people.

The people of the desert have developed all the way to the present, and before Wang Daoyi came to the desert, the people of the desert did not believe in gods.

It can be said that the Red King and Kao are almost about to succeed,

The desert people no longer need the protection of the gods to live.

But they also failed, because it was all based on the kindness of the Great Tree of Mercy,

If there is no great mercy tree king in the past, there is no little auspicious grass king in the present,

The desert people will still not have a good life, they do not believe in the gods, they do not have the high skills of Kanriya, they can only engage in violent business, and they cannot break through the blockade of the Akademiya, and it is inevitable that they will gradually die out.

And the arrival of Wang Daoyi,

It destroyed the path that the Red King and Kao wanted the people of the desert to take, and it once again introduced the divine power into the hearts of the people of the sand.

The lack of thousands of years of faith and longing, after seeing Wang Daoyi bring them a good life, made these sand people's faith in Wang Daoyi extremely firm.

Well, in a sense, the Red King and the Kao used their lives to awaken the people of the sand, but as a result, Wang Dao slapped the light of awakening that had just been born one by one, and then used the brilliance of divine power to envelop the people of the desert again.

That's right, Wang Daoyi can be called turning back on history.

"Your concept with Kao is a little too outdated."

Wang Daoyi couldn't help but shake his head: "I don't think it's advisable to let the people carry out the so-called awakening when food and clothing cannot be guaranteed. ”

"If they are already facing despair and can't get worse, then they should naturally break and stand up, but in my opinion, the situation was far less hopeless."

Red King: "."

It's not that he has nothing to say and is refuted by Wang Daoyi, but he understands that Wang Daoyi can't convince him, and he can't convince Wang Daoyi either.

This is the difference brought about by basic cognition,

Both are right, and at the same time, both are wrong.

God always loves people! 】

This sentence is vividly reflected in the bodies of the Red King and the Kao,

In order to awaken their people, they can even abandon their own lives,

But the other face of God, arrogance, is also vividly embodied in them,

They gave their people what they thought was right, but they didn't care whether they really wanted it or not, so that the desert people experienced a millennia of devastation.

This. Isn't it a kind of God's arrogance?

There was silence for a long time,

The Red King suddenly smiled, and he shook his head slightly: "Hahahaha, anyway, I have fallen, and I am no longer their god, these things should not be for me to continue to think about." ”

"Take care of your people, the newborn authoritarian."

As he spoke, the Red King raised his hand, and a little light shone on his fingertips,

"In the name of the Red Gold Authority, Amon, I will inherit it to you, and I hope that you will hold the authority, protect the people, and live up to the trust!"

Amon, that is, the real name of the Red King, Akhmar is not the real name of the Red King, but the name of the god, or the name of the descendants.

Standing opposite the Red King, looking at his sincere red golden eyes, the royal road is blessed to the heart,

The same hand was stretched out, and the authority and authority in the depths of the soul slowly emerged,

"In the name of the Lord of the Mysteries of the Law, I accept your inheritance, and I will hold the authority, protect the people, and live up to expectations!"

Some of the views in this chapter are taken from the big guy of Miyou Society, Lin Xizao

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