Chisha Temple,

The royal road plays with the reward of the champion, a gorgeous crown.

In the crown, the hazy soul trembled.

Thatch didn't know why his crown was in this hand.

He fell asleep in the crown, and only woke up during the game,

He didn't even know the Lord of the Red Sands.

However, he knew the crown next to the Lord of the Red Sands, the little auspicious grass king.

"Thatch's awarding of the crown to the Akademiya as a symbol of the winner of the contest and leaving behind the word that whoever receives his recognition will receive his property, has led to the fierce competition in the Akademiya every year, which did not evolve into the peaceful contest it is today until twenty years ago, with heavy casualties."

Nahida swings and tells Wang Daoyi about the crown.

Throw the crown aside,

Wang Daoyi sighed with emotion: "I really deserve to be a scholar of the Akademiya, I can do this for the sake of experiments." ”

With his eyesight, he can naturally see that the crown of talent is wrong,

Even the thing in the crown that is more of an obsession than a soul is no secret in the eyes of Wang Daoyi and Nahida.

"That's why I keep this crown, whether Thatchine's research is safe or just, his research is the work of a scholar, and it deserves to be preserved."

Nahida whispered.

As the god of wisdom, Nahida does not reject any knowledge, and Thatch's tentative experiments on human nature are only ordinary knowledge arguments in Nahida's case.

Although Thatchine's experiments had a bad impact, it was itself part of the process of knowledge being demonstrated.

After confirming that there would be no more bloodshed, Nahida did not mind that Thatchin's experiment was going ahead.

That's why Nahida and Wang Daoyi let Ah Hat participate in the tournament - to protect the contestants.

"I have no problem with that, knowledge deserves to be respected, whether it is righteous or dangerous." Wang Daoyi nodded sympathetically.

Nahida pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes curled very cutely.

It is probably Wang Daoyi's concept that is highly compatible with her, so that there will be a scene where the two of them are now ruling Sumeru together.

"However, this kind of experiment is still too much after all, so I think this celebration will completely end this experiment."

Nahida's end was not to force the experiment to stop, but to help Thatchin find the final answer.

"Do you have a goal?" Wang Daoyi leaned lightly on the throne, his eyes a little deep.

Throughout the desert, the contestants were in front of his eyes.

"How's Kaveh going?" Nahida asked.

Wang Daoyi grinned: "Ha, very accurate judgment." ”

Thatchein's experiments were directed at human nature.

In other words, Thatch believed that human nature is inherently evil, and no matter what life experiences are, they will eventually fall into evil.

This idea comes from Thatchein's decades of observation and research in the desert.

Whether it's a simple villager, a friendly caravan, or a bold gilded brigade,

Under Thatchine's research experiments, they all turned evil in the end.

Therefore, Thatchine felt that human nature is inherently evil.

Of course, from the perspective of Wang Daoyi and Nahida, most of those experiments were of a guiding nature, so they could not be regarded as truly valid experimental data.

Perhaps Thatchine thought of this, too, so he single-handedly planned the Crown of Talent.

I want to use the competition to bring together the most elite talents in Sumeru,

Then lure an heir with a huge fortune to continue his experiments.

So, Thatchin is not looking for an answer, because he already has his own answer, and what he is looking for is continuation.

He hoped that someone could perpetuate his will.

This can be seen as a continuation of an alternative school.

If Thatchine's plan succeeds, with the most elite scholars of the Akademiya as his heirs, then under the construction of his vast estate, it is likely that a school of thought will emerge that specializes in the evil of human nature.

"A lot of things that Kaveh has experienced are telling the story of this young man's misfortune, and Kaveh's talent is beyond doubt, even my temple, he helped build it."

"An unfortunate genius scholar who is desperate to get out of his predicament, I have to say, he fits Thatchin perfectly."

Wang Daoyi said with a sigh.

Kaveh really fits in with Thatchin so much that if one doesn't consider Kaveh's personal will, his experience is almost designed to inherit Thatchin's scholarship.

Nahida shook the swing, and there was a hint of divine majesty on her little face: "So, let's wait and see, if Kaveh chooses to inherit everything from Thatchine, then the Akademiya will naturally have an additional school, which can enrich the academic environment of the Akademiya, if Kaveh rejects everything from Thatchin, then it means that Thatchin failed in the experiment, and his scholarship will also be sealed until someone finds his materials and starts researching again." ”

Whether or not Thatchine's experiment was successful, Nahida would not interfere with it.

While a school of thought that studies the evils of human nature may have some bad effects,

But that's what is bound to happen in academic progress.

Nahida wouldn't care, and she wouldn't interfere.

And if Thatchine's experiment failed, Nahida would not ruin Thatchin's scholarship, but would put him in the library of the Akademiya until someone became interested in it.

Like I said before,

Whether knowledge is righteous or not, whether knowledge is dangerous or not, it deserves to be respected.

"Then watch it~"

The two gods agreed, and the temple fell silent again.

……

In the hot desert,

Kaveh walked the yellow sand,

The hydration bladder hanging from his waist is a little less.

"I used to do research in the desert, and the logistics were arranged by the Chisha tribe safely, but now I suddenly have a competition to limit supplies, which makes me a little uncomfortable."

As he walked, observing his surroundings, Kaveh said silently in his mind.

A suitcase-like mechanism floated around him, scanning, fluctuating from time to time.

"Mehrak, is there something wrong with the surrounding leylines?" Kaveh asked.

As his best helper, Mehrak can not only draw drawings and calculate formulas, but also has a certain ability to detect the leylines.

Mehrak floated beside Kaveh, a sad expression on the small screen.

Kaveh nodded slightly: "Didn't you find it?" It's okay, let's just take our time. ”

It was just a fruitless scan, nothing compared to the countless dooms and failures that Kaveh had experienced.

Let's just say that in the competition a few days ago, he cooperated with Faruzan and also caught a butterfly, and when the score was finally decided, Faruzan wanted to give the score to Kaveh.

It's a pity that Kaveh's twisted personality has started again, and he must be fairly distributed with Faruzanne.

In the end, rock-paper-scissors were chosen, well, Kaveh failed miserably.

So Faruzan managed to score, and Kaveh worked for most of the day.

However, despite a moment of disappointment, Kaveh relented.

This level of defeat is also used to Carveh.

Helping Dolly build a palace, but an unexpected Dead Realm leads to a large debt.

Helped the Lord of Chisha build a shrine and gradually paid off his debts, but when he was in the archaeological ruins, he caused the ruins to explode and owed Chisha a lot of money.

In short, there are countless cases of good things turning into bad things in Kaveh.

Moreover, most of this situation is due to Kaveh's own personality.

When the palace was built for Dolly, after the appearance of the Dead Domain, Dolly was actually about to stop construction, and it was Kaveh himself who insisted on building it, so he owed the debt.

Although Carveh has always called Dolly a profiteer, Carveh himself knows in his heart that things really can't be blamed on Dolly.

As for the debts of the Chisha Ruins, the Chisha tribe was not prepared to ask Kaveh for compensation, and Kaveh insisted on compensation.

According to Alhaithham, if Kaveh hadn't insisted on his inexplicable twisting complex, Kaveh would have lived well, with his talents, not to mention becoming a super-rich, but definitely not so bad as to live in someone else's house.

The heart eased a little,

Kaveh took another step: "Let's go, Mehrak, let's keep looking." ”

Mehrak: ^_^

One man walked deeper into the desert with a suitcase in hand.

"Huh?"

As he walked, Kaveh saw a group of small sand foxes scurrying around an area like ghosts hitting a wall, but they couldn't get out.

"Abnormal behavior, most likely due to leyline influence."

As an outstanding graduate of the Akademiya, Kaveh instantly connected with the leyline instrument.

"Mehrak, scan this area for leyline anomalies." Kaveh ordered.

The suitcase flew out, and streaks of green light spilled out, scanning the nearby leylines.

Kaveh, on the other hand, looked at the group of sand foxes on the other side, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

These little guys can be regarded as helping him find the approximate address, so he can't leave these little guys alone.

Sand foxes are not powerful creatures, and if they are trapped in this leyline anomaly all the time, all that awaits them is death.

"Yo~" probably sensed Kaveh's kindness, a little sand fox ran to Kaveh's side in a daze, and one turned over and lay down at Kaveh's feet, turning out his belly.

As the softest part of most animals, but also the deadliest part, the belly is the place where animals do everything they can to protect.

If an animal shows its belly to you, it basically means that it is willing to surrender to you.

It also expresses its kindness to you.

Squatting down, Kaveh rubbed the little shafox's belly, then took out a little food from his waist and put it in front of the little shafox.

The tip of the little sand fox's nose twitched twice, and then tentatively took a bite of the food in front of him.

It's not a good thing, it's just an ordinary coconut charcoal cake,

But for the sand fox who has been trapped for a long time, it is already a life-saving delicacy.

"Yo~" The joyful fox chirped, and the little sand fox swallowed the food in two bites.

Then he rolled around Kaveh's trouser legs.

Soon, the remaining five or six sand foxes all came around,

Woo Yo Yo kept yelling at Kaveh.

They don't have any particular intelligence, but they know that Kaveh is the only person they can turn to for help here.

Looking at the group of foxes at his feet, Kaveh was in a dilemma again.

He also only had a water bag and a piece of food,

If he wants to save these foxes, he will have to go hungry himself.

It's not scary to be hungry, but it's scary to be hungry in the desert.

He looked at the little foxes, and then at Mehrak, who was scanning the leylines on the side.

"Forget it, anyway, these little foxes let me find the leyline anomaly, I can score points soon, and I am not afraid of elimination after scoring, and food and water are not so important."

Kaveh summed it up in his heart, but he still couldn't bear to give up these little foxes.

The food from the waist was taken off and divided equally among the little foxes, and then some water was given to each fox.

Eventually, there was no more food on Kaveh, and there was only a mouthful of water in the water bag.

The little foxes ate and drank water, and they stopped talking and lay down around Kaveh.

It seems that Kaveh is the leader of the group.

Sitting on the sand, Kaveh stroked the little fox beside him,

"You can trust me."

It's a good feeling to be trusted by small animals.

On the other side, Mehrak has gradually shrunk the anomaly, and it seems that the center of the anomaly will soon be found.

Time passes little by little,

Finally, Mehrak's green light locked onto a sand dune,

The leyline anomalies in this area emanate from this sand dune.

"Okay, dig!" Kaveh jumped up excitedly, startling the little foxes around him.

Several of Mehrak's components fell off, and in a few breaths, they were reassembled into a shovel.

And Kaveh himself took out a splicing shovel.

One person began to dig in the sand with a suitcase.

On the side, a few little foxes tilted their heads and looked at them for a moment, then they also came to Kaveh's side and began to dig up with their little paws.

They don't know what Kaveh is doing, but that doesn't stop them from mimicking Kaveh's actions to help him.

"Haha, thank you."

Maybe it's because the score is imminent, and Kaveh is in a much better mood.

Digging non-stop,

Gradually, Kaveh sensed that something was wrong.

It is normal to say that the people of Chisha buried the leyline instrument in the ground.

But Kaveh looked at the sand pit in front of him that was almost three or five meters deep, and felt that the people of the red sand would not be buried so deep.

Suddenly, Kaveh was shocked in his heart: "Here, it can't be a natural anomaly, right, I mistakenly think this is an instrument point?" ”

In a trance, Kaveh seemed to see a guy named Doom mocking him.

His mind was dizzy, and Kaveh felt like he had lost his strength.

He had divided the food and water, and now he was told that everything was a misunderstanding, that it was a rare natural anomaly.

Isn't that playing with him?

At Kaveh's feet, the little foxes felt Kaveh's mood swings, and they didn't know why Kaveh was unhappy, but they just tried their best to surround Kaveh, rubbing Kaveh's trouser legs, trying to comfort the new leader.

Long

The battered Kaveh eased up again,

"Forget it, maybe this is fate." Kaveh was desperate, and without water and food, it was difficult for him to continue his search in the desert.

Glancing at the pit in front of him again, Kaveh shook his head slightly: "Destroying a natural leyline anomaly in advance can be regarded as a good thing, not a loss." ”

After forcing himself not to lose, Kaveh looked at the little foxes at his feet again.

"Alas, although I was deceived by you, but after all, you don't understand anything, it's my own fault, forget it, send you out of here first, and then I will give up the game."

Kaveh still couldn't put the fault on the little foxes.

Believing himself unlucky, Kaveh decided to abandon the game and wanted to return the foxes to their pack first.

Although the leyline anomaly was destroyed by Kaveh, the leyline anomaly here will not subside for a while.

If you don't send these foxes out, I'm afraid these foxes won't survive.

After thinking about it, Kaveh decided to send these foxes out of danger first, and then give up the game.

It can be regarded as repaying the 'kindness' of these foxes who helped him dig a pit just now.

Kaveh the Twister packed up his things and began to walk out with the foxes.

……

Next to a rock wall,

Cyno easily defeated the mushroom beasts gathered here,

Then a working instrument was dug up in the pile of sand under the rock wall.

The familiar speaker closes and Cyno scores.

Chisha Headquarters,

On the high platform, the light curtain shows the process of Cyno's scoring, and then the standings next to it change:

【Leaderboard:

1st place: Cyno (Sumeru), 2 points.

2nd place: Klee (Mondstadt), 1 point.

3rd place: Ah Hat (Sumeru), 1 point.

4th place: Ying (Traveler), 1 point.

5th place: Arataki Itto (Inazuma), 1 point.

6th place: Xingqiu (Liyue), 1 point.

7th place: Faruzan (Sumeru), 1 point.

8th place: Layla (Sumeru), 1 point.

9th place: Scorpion (Sumeru), 1 point.

10th place: Charlotte (Fontaine), 1 point. 】

A few hours into the game, Captain Cyno scored the first point.

Not to mention the audience discussion in the two live broadcast locations of Sumeru City and Chisha Headquarters,

The contestants in the desert are starting to get nervous.

They all received Cyno's score from within the Void Terminal.

In a ruin,

Ah Hat flipped through the mutilated documents in his hand, and his expression fluctuated slightly.

"Human nature is evil...... "There was a hint of disgust in Ah Hat's eyes, and the wind element surged, wringing the room full of documents into crumbs.

As the heir to the evil of human nature, he did not like this statement.

The argument that human nature is inherently evil not only erases the goodness of human nature, but also erases the suffering experienced by many evil people.

In life, if you can live a good life, how many people are willing to really do evil.

In Ah Hat's view, human nature is pure and white, and there must be a cause for good and evil.

The memories of the Balladeer affected him, but so did the memories of the Wanderer.

His judgment of the concept of good and evil must be rigorous for many people,

This is one of the reasons why he has always considered himself a sinner.

After destroying the house full of broken documents, Ah Mao pondered slightly.

"No wonder you want me to participate, there is still this floor." With a hint of sneer in his eyes, Ah Mao raised his head slightly, "The competition is an experiment, and it really has the demeanor of a scholar." ”

From the document room that Thatchein left behind, Ah Hat had understood everything.

"A scholar who studies the evil of human nature, will he be tempted if an evil being like me appears in front of him and wins the championship~"

Ah Mao's eyes wandered, and the idea of winning the championship in his heart was a little heavier.

(End of chapter)