In the palace of pure goodness,

Ying is already very familiar with this place,

After all, I've been here several times,

casually looked around,

Then he looked at the figure in the corner,

Although in terms of dress, it is completely different from the skirmish in memory.

There is also a lack of the fierceness of the stragglers in his countenance,

But Ying still recognized the other party at a glance.

"Really...... It's amazing. ”

Ying sighed, then walked over to the wanderer and continued to look at him.

The wanderer was a little embarrassed by Ying, and said gently, "Are you what they say you are, my enemy?" ”

The wanderer still remembers that Wang Daoyi said that he was looking for his 'enemy'.

Ying was slightly stunned, then nodded with a smile: "That's right, we were enemies before." ”

There are actually a lot of grievances between Ying and the stragglers,

From the very beginning of their first encounter in Mondstadt, it was Mona who took her to escape from the Balladeers' killing intent, but at the time, Ying didn't know what the Balladeers were thinking.

But later, after Inazuma meets again, it is Ying who goes to destroy the Evil Eye Factory with full of anger, but is easily calculated by the stragglers, and is eroded by the evil and faints.

Ying has always been hostile to the Balladeers.

However, in the face of the wanderer in front of him, who was exactly the same as the skirmishers, Ying, like Wang Daoyi, had difficulty unleashing the hostility in his heart towards the stragglers.

That's the limit of good people.

If you're not a good person, then it doesn't matter if you're a straggler or a wanderer, it's all a person anyway, just take revenge directly.

"But I see no hostility in your eyes." The wanderer looked into Ying's eyes, trying to find some emotion in it.

Ying shook her head slightly: "The skirmishers are very bad, but after all, you are not him, and I am not so stingy as to be angry with you." ”

After saying that, Ying didn't care what the wanderer was thinking, and turned to look at Nahida on the other side, under the Tree King's meditation room.

Probably aware of Ying's gaze,

Nahida disconnected from the World Tree,

opened his eyes, met Ying's eyes, and smiled: "Long time no see, Ying." ”

"It didn't last long." Paimon complained on the side.

Ying smiled: "Dao Yi said, you need my help to enter the memory corridor with him." ”

Nahida nodded: "The memories of the Balladeer are extremely painful, and if you are watching from the side, you can both protect the Wanderer and spy on the Balladeer." ”

In Nahida's words, the wanderer and the straggler are treated as two individuals.

Ying nodded: "Okay, then I'll accept the commission." ”

Wang Daoyi watched from the side, did not interject, and waited until the two finished speaking, and then beckoned to the wanderer not far away.

The wanderer walked over: "So, are you going to tell me the truth?" ”

Wang Daoyi: "Ask again, even if you were in the past or you in your previous life, you did a lot of [evil] things, are you still willing to accept this memory?" ”

The wanderer did not hesitate at all: "Of course, I have been wandering, and even though I have experienced and witnessed many people and things, I still feel that I am missing a [heart]. ”

"Occasionally, bitter fruits will grow on the roots of attachment, and if you can't escape from self-grasping, you won't feel happy." Nahida sighed slightly.

Wang Daoyi smiled, it is better for the wanderer to choose to face the past than to continue to escape.

Without the self-destructive tendencies of the Balladeers, the nature of the wanderer is more likable.

[Wang Daoyi explained to the wanderer the sins that the stragglers had committed, and the final choice. 】

After listening to his story, the wanderer was slightly silent, and finally sighed: "Doing everything you have and escaping in a self-destructive way has only shaken history a little, it's really ...... It's ridiculous. ”

Wang Dao nodded: "If you talk about the result alone, it is really ridiculous, obviously stepping into the divine realm, with endless lifespan to make compensation, but you chose the worst way, and the final result has not changed much." ”

Wanderer: ......

was said by Wang Daoyi, and he felt that his former self was even more stupid.

An existence with god-level power, because he knows the truth, he breaks the defense to end the evil with complete extinction,

In the end, I haven't gotten the results I wanted.

It's narrow-minded and ridiculous.

"I can't judge everything I've just heard by right or wrong." The wanderer's tone was still calm, although he felt that his choice was stupid, but without that memory of himself, he could not make a judgment, "Any choice a person makes is due to time and place, [cause] brings [effect]...[sin] accumulates into [karma]." ”

Cause and effect and sinful karma are, in a sense, indeed a portrayal of the life of a straggler.

The causes of all kinds of confusion bear the fruit of the sinful karma of stragglers.

He died because many people chose to die, and many died because of him.

It really can be regarded as karma.

"The truth is supposed to be like this, where there is right, there will be corresponding error, but everything is inherently complex, and it cannot be clarified by taking some opposing concepts." Nahida spoke.

As the god of wisdom, the first thing Nahida understood when she held power,

There is no absolute right or absolute wrong.

Everything is compound, and there is no separate and pure concept.

That's why Nahida was willing to redeem the stragglers, and even the great sage who had imprisoned him, Nahida was not sentenced to death, and is still locked up in the prison of Chisha.

She inherited the greatest 'legacy' of the Great Cishu King, Ci.

This 'kindness' made Nahida willing to redeem the existence that had committed sins.

The wanderer looked at the expressions of several people on the side, and then nodded slightly: "In my previous life, I didn't look very pleasing to everyone." ”

The small expression on Paimon's face changed, revealing a little embarrassment: "Haha...... I didn't mean to hit you, but for us, that's it. ”

Ying also nodded: "We have always maintained a hostile relationship. ”

Paimon looked at the wanderer, then thought about what Ying had told her about the balladeers.

The little face showed a little collapse: "Ahhh ”

"I don't think he's innocent, but I can't ask him anything...... It's a strange feeling. ”

Paimon was angry and unhappy.

This feeling is the feeling of a normal person.

It's obviously an enemy, but the other party doesn't have that memory,

All your insults, blows, and even actions are inexplicable to the other party.

The other party doesn't remember you, but you can't forget that hatred in your heart,

This strange situation makes Paimon very devastated.

Feeling a little apologetic to the collapsed Paimon, the wanderer looked at Nahida, "Little Lucky Grass King, you are the god of wisdom, I want to believe that everything you say is true, since I have made a mistake, then I should bear the consequences." ”

There was a hint of determination on Qingxiu's little face: "I beg you here, please show me the memory of that sin." ”

Nahida looked at the wanderer and nodded, "In that case, then I will show you that memory." ”

"We'll be in this together, too." Paimon looked at the wanderer with a strange look in his eyes, "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm worried about you, it's just that your situation is complicated, and we have to monitor you." ”

The wanderer smiled, as a careless puppet, but he directly felt Paimon's worried and annoying emotions.

"Then please prepare a little, and I'll guide you into the memory corridor."

……

With Nahida's guidance,

The wanderer, Ying, and Paimon's consciousness are channeled into an unknown dimension.

When their consciousness is restored,

Paimon surveyed his surroundings,

Then he immediately recognized the location: "The environment here seems to be Inazuma." ”

"The place where you are is the dream that I have restored from my memory."

"Watching memories can reveal the truth, but it can also provoke the influence of the enemy that exists in the memories, so be careful."

Nahida's voice echoed in their ears.

Paimon nodded, "It's really immersive, but luckily we came along." ”

Wanderer: "You don't have to do this for me, I'm not worth protecting. ”

Paimon pouted, "It's not protection, it's surveillance, surveillance doesn't understand." ”

The wanderer didn't raise a bar with Paimon, but a smile appeared on his lips.

Nahida's voice sounded again: "Wanderer, this is the Borrowed Scenery Pavilion, the place where Thor once placed the stragglers, and you have a lot of memories here in your previous life. ”

The wanderer didn't respond, and Paimon shook his head, "Is it because this is a birthplace in some sense?" ”

"You will soon find out, so to speak."

Nahida's voice faded away, and the wanderer and Ying soon heard footsteps in the Borrowed Scenery Pavilion.

[The wanderer, Ying, and Paimon meet the people in the memories of the stragglers' previous lives. 】

……

Outside

Wang Daoyi looked at the dream scene that appeared in the Tree King's meditation room,

A somewhat boring yawn.

Wang Daoyi knows the story of the balladeers, and he is not interested in what appears in the dream.

The reason why he stayed here was just to see what kind of choice the wanderer would make at the last moment.

If he accepts everything from the stragglers, then Wang Daoyi will re-situate his mark on him and let him continue to atone for his sins.

If he doesn't accept everything that the Skirmishers have, then seal him up and throw him back into the Borrowed Scenery Pavilion.

Watching the picture in the dream keep changing,

Wang Daoyi suddenly asked, "Nahida, what choice do you think the wanderer will make?" ”

Nahida guided the people in the dream to move forward, replaying the memories of the stragglers before their eyes,

Hearing Wang Daoyi's question, he didn't look back, and replied directly: "He will definitely accept everything from the stragglers." ”

Wang Daoyi was curious: "Why?" ”

"Because of kindness." Nahida spoke.

"Kindness?"

"Yes, the wanderer is a kind person, he hasn't experienced everything about the Balladeer firsthand, so he retains the original goodness of the puppet."

A doll that will cry in her sleep, and her heart is definitely soft and kind.

Nahida could see very clearly that the wanderer's heart was very different from the balladeer's.

Because of all kinds of negative emotions, the balladeer has a distorted heart,

But the wanderer doesn't have those experiences, and his heart remains pure.

Such a person, after seeing with his own eyes a life of stragglers being deceived, abandoned, and toyed with,

They will never abandon the skirmishers again.

So, in the end, the wanderer will definitely reach out to the Balladeer and accept everything the Balladeer has to offer.

Including his memories, his thoughts, everything about him.

After communicating with Nahida for a while, confirming the wanderer's final choice,

Suddenly, Wang Daoyi's face was a little strange.

In the dream,

Paimon looked at the wanderer strangely,

"So, the person in this scene is Daoyi!"

Ying also had the same expression, looking at the scene in front of her in a tangled manner.

In a white laboratory,

The balladeer was stripped clean and lay on the test bench, and beside him, Wang Daoyi, dressed in a lab coat, held a scalpel in his hand, as if he was dissecting the appearance of the balladeer.

It seems to be perceiving being spied on,

Wang Daoyi, who was next to the test bench, suddenly raised his head, and his eyes looked through the boundary between the real and the unreal.

looked at the three of them.

Paimon looked horrified, "Did he see us?" ”

In the previous picture, only at the end of the dream story, those enemy dream shadows would attack them, but it was the first time that Wang Daoyi looked at them directly like this in this picture.

Next to the test bench,

'Wang Daoyi' smiled: "Tut-tut, it's really interesting, so, am I illusory about this?" ”

Although it was only a dream, when the stragglers were dissected at that time, Wang Daoyi's soul had already completed the deification.

Now that Nahida has embodied her dream in front of the wanderer, Ying and Paimon, theoretically speaking, the 'Wang Daoyi' in the dream is still an existence with a 'deified soul'.

And the apotheosis of the soul, in the dream realm, makes this 'Wang Daoyi' have great strength.

"We're not going to have a fight with this Dao, are we?" Paimon was suddenly worried.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to shoot you." Next to the test bench, 'Wang Daoyi' suddenly spoke, and he looked at the three of them, "Ying, Paimon, and ...... Skirmisher? No, no, you're not a skirmisher. ”

'Wang Daoyi', who was wearing a lab coat, flashed and appeared next to the wanderer.

The gaze almost pierces the wanderer.

"Ah, Daoyi, what are you going to do?" Paimon said in horror.

Wang Daoyi shook his head slightly: "Don't worry, Paimon, although I am illusory about this, we are also friends, and I will not make a move on you." ”

After speaking, his eyes continued to look at the wanderer: "Tut-tut, pure dolls, dolls that have not been transformed by the doctor, it is really curious." ”

As he spoke, 'Wang Daoyi' showed a regretful expression again.

Ying frowned: "What do you mean by this expression?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a pity that it's just a dream." 'Wang Daoyi', who was wearing a lab coat, opened his mouth to explain, "If this is true, I would like to dissect him to see what the difference is between a pure puppet and a modified puppet." ”

Outside

Wang Daoyi looked at Nahida's strange eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "At the beginning, I was bent on building a god body, and it is understandable that I was a little crazy of experimenters, and besides, this is me in the memory of the balladeer, and he absolutely slandered me." ”

Wang Daoyi didn't want to admit that he was him in the dream, but although he didn't admit it, Wang Daoyi knew in his heart that he was indeed like this at that time.

Seeing Wang Daoyi's denial, Nahida chuckled at the corner of her mouth, then stopped looking at Wang Daoyi and returned her gaze to her dream.

In the dream,

Looking at the mad scientist-like 'Wang Daoyi',

Ying is a little uncomfortable,

In her memory, Wang Daoyi always seemed to be that gentle and elegant, with a hint of bookish anger.

The 'royal road' in front of him is not a royal one at all.

"It's a pity." 'Wang Daoyi', who was wearing a lab coat, reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the wanderer, and then looked at Ying, "Long time no see, Ying, did you come to me for something?" ”

The crazy experimenter goes offline, and the mild-mannered royal road reappears.

Ying was a little uncomfortable with the transformation of 'Wang Daoyi', and didn't speak for a while.

'Wang Daoyi' didn't care about Ying's silence, he looked at Ying, and then at the wanderer.

Then there was a slight twinkle in his eyes: "Nahida let you in?" ”

Although this 'Wang Daoyi' doesn't know anything, it's even just an illusory existence in a dream.

But where is the personality of Wang Daoyi, even if it is an illusory 'Wang Daoyi', it still has a great power that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

In terms of the concept of his previous life, he already has a trace of the concept of Da Luo.

"You can see that?" Paimon exclaimed.

Wang Daoyi smiled: "First of all, this is definitely not real, so it is either an illusion or a dream, if it is an illusion, then I should be just an image, but I can clearly perceive that I have the ability to think, so this is a dream, and it is a dream constructed by a high-level being." ”

"So, the only one in Teyvat, for now, who can get my consent and construct me into my dreams, is Nahida."

'Wang Daoyi', who was wearing a lab coat, explained two sentences.

Ying finally reacted: "Yes, Nahida sent us into the dream realm to help the wanderer recover the memories of the stragglers. ”

'Wang Daoyi' nodded slightly, and then looked at the wanderer with a confused face: "Wanderer, straggler, is this so, it's really interesting." ”

Although it was only information of two names, 'Wang Daoyi' immediately understood the whole incident.

"So, if there is anything you want to know, you ask, I will answer you, of course, only what I know at this point in time, things beyond this point in time, you better ask my ontology."

"It's changed from adventure viewing mode to Q&A mode." Paimon complained on the side.

The wanderer's eyes lit up: "Can you ask anything?" ”

Wang Daoyi nodded: "Of course, since Nahida is willing to let you see me, it means that you can be trusted, as long as you want to know, then ask, as for whether to answer, it depends on my mood." ”

"So, excuse me, where are you here?"

"The Balladeer wants to become a god, I was ignorant when I was a child, and I reached a certain contract with the Doctor, so I am helping the Balladeer transform his body so that he can adapt to Thor's heart."

"Do you want to become a god?" The wanderer muttered, then continued, "So, I...... What kind of person are the skirmishers in your eyes? ”

"Skirmishers? If the Skirmisher comes to me and asks me, then I will answer, the Balladeer is a piece of trash, but, since you don't have the memory of a Balladeer, then my answer is, a poor and pathetic person. ”

"Don't you think he's ridiculous?"

(End of chapter)