Chapter 110: The Shadow That Comes Out of Crying
"The bubble is gone!"
"No-" Watching Shadow slash the beast hound to ashes with a single sword, An Ping's heart seemed to be dripping blood. Even that sound
"Noβ" all just shouted in my heart. Dog beating also depends on the owner... It's the master who is sorry for you... An Ping looked at the eyes of the beast realm hound who was still urging him to flee quickly before he disappeared, and tears could only flow to his heart.
Who made him not Ei's opponent... But today's film, Anping looks a little strange.
Did you break something when you repaired the general's body last night? Today's shadow's movements look stiff and sluggish.
But Shadow didn't seem to be aware of this, and after eliminating the beast hounds here, Shadow examined the roots of the gnawed cherry tree.
"Fortunately, the damage is not serious, and the maintenance of the root system can be handed over to the community after that." After a check-up, I was relieved.
However, some fluorescent sap slowly flowed from the roots of the sacred cherry tree, which made Paimon lean over to take a look at it with some curiosity.
"Is it for these saps that the beast realm hounds gnaw on the roots of the divine cherry tree?" Anping could feel that these juices contained a rich elemental power.
"Won't this juice be delicious?" Paimon swallowed suddenly.
"If Paimon else you try it, it shouldn't be worse than the Slime Condensate..."Ying was a little curious about what the sap would taste like, but she didn't want to risk her life.
Paimon wants to eat everything anyway. And the shadow didn't object, after all, it was the juice that had been revealed.
Paimon seemed to be moved, and slowly landed on top of the sap, cautiously holding out a finger.
The sap seemed to be spiritual, and feeling that it was offended by Paimon, suddenly flashed a burst of light.
"Huh!" Paimon was taken aback. But the light was not aggressive, but instead projected a series of figures standing or lying around it like a projection.
The condition of these figures does not look optimistic, and the mutilated limbs on their bodies can be seen everywhere, and the corpses are scattered everywhere.
"What a miserable sight..."The projection was so real that Ying's brow furrowed slightly. And the soft-hearted Paimon has already covered his eyes.
"Is this something that happened in the past?" Anping's expression is not very good-looking.
"That's right... But when did this happen, and how did it seem so miserable? Ying looked at Ying and asked.
"If you want to know, you might as well check with them." Shadow's expression was much calmer, but her clenched fists showed that she wasn't as calm as she looked.
Anhei and Ying glanced at each other and guessed that this was probably the scene when Inazuma was hit by the disaster five hundred years ago, so Ying Cai didn't want to reminisce about it, so the two had to walk towards the projections that were still standing.
"I can't... Just fall, my brothers... It's still up to me...", and when he got closer, he could hear the painful but determined voice of the soldier standing with his spear in his hand.
"What's going on here, can you tell us?" An Ping stepped forward and took the initiative to ask.
"Shouldn't the civilians have been driven away? Why are you still here? Let's go, the monsters will be back... Once you're targeted by them, you can't run away anymore... Rest assured, we will definitely protect Inazuma until the last moment! The soldier, covered in horrible scars, straightened his back, as if trying to reassure Anping, even though he needed a gun to support him even to stand.
This can't help but make An Ping a little awe-inspired. If the spirit of the Shogunate Army can be passed down to this day, why has it been so easily infiltrated by the Fatui?
But these projections are actually self-conscious... Is it the same situation as Kazari?
"It's so critical... What the hell is going on? An Ping continued to ask. Although I know that it is probably the disaster caused by the beast hound that Kage just said, isn't there still Shadow and Miko in Inazuma?
How could such a miserable scene occur?
"You don't know? Inazuma is already shrouded in black. There are beasts everywhere, and even more terrifying monsters! They have no feelings, they just devour everything like crazy, and even the proof of our human existence will be eroded by them... You guys go! There's no time, and now the general is gone, and the Fox Palace-sama is gone, and the only one we can rely on is ourselves. I don't know how long we'll be able to hold out, but... If we give up hope, we really have nothing..."The soldier glanced at his comrades lying at his feet, looked back in the direction of his hometown, clenched his gun, gritted his teeth and looked ahead, waiting for the monster to appear.
Inazuma is shrouded in darkness ... Fox Palace... Anpei had heard of this name when he had previously dispersed the filth of the sacred cherry tree.
But... The Shogun is gone? Anping glanced at the shadow. What did she do then? Could it be that she was dragged down during the destruction of Kanria, which is why her sister died in the disaster of Inazuma?
But that's not right, right? Even with the addition of a scalp, these beast hounds will not be the opponent of a god... Anping was a little puzzled.
"Don't panic, I'm here." Ei finally couldn't listen anymore and stepped forward.
"Will... Shogun! You're back! Seeing the shadow approaching, the soldier's face lit up with hope, and he immediately knelt on the ground with his hands folded.
"Please, please help us... Please, save Inazuma! β
"Calm down, that war is over." There was a hint of sadness in Shadow's eyes.
"The end? You... What are you talking about" the soldier's face was incredulous.
"Look around, the vegetation is green, the wind is calm, all this is no different from the peaceful Inazuma you remember, there are no monsters, and there will be nothing that threatens your life..."Shadow's tone was extraordinarily gentle, soothing the soldier's frightened heart.
"Hmm... But why... Obviously they were still nearby, and I saw my comrades' bodies being torn to shreds... I see, was it the Shogun who saved Inazuma? Believing in the Shogun is indeed the right choice, and as long as the Shogun is still around, Inazuma will live forever... Thank you, Shogun... Thank you..."The soldier kneeling on the ground shed tears of happiness and excitement, and his body gradually became illusory.
And the shadow eyes that watched all this became more and more painful.
"He looks like he's going to disappear?" Looking at the redemption that spanned five hundred years, Ying was a little uncomfortable. Five hundred years ago, Shadow didn't arrive at that time.
"It's not necessarily too late!" An Ping decisively stretched out his hand and grabbed the soldier's gradually illusory head, and the black substance flowed down An Ping's fingertips, slowly weaving the soldier's body.
If this projection is used as a soul, then as long as the power of the abyss creates his body... Maybe not... Anping boldly tried.
If she really can, then maybe the next time she sees Kazari, she can really come back to life.
This was an idea that Anping had had before, but he didn't dare to guarantee success. So today, he wanted to take this opportunity to give it a try.
"Stop!" Unexpectedly, Shadow pulled An Ping's hand away and interrupted his movements. The soldier with a happy face finally disappeared in front of them.
"Why?!" Anping didn't understand why Shadow would interrupt him.
"I know what you want to do, thank you. But... You can't do that... At least not yet. Shadow grabbed Anping's hand and shook his head.
β... Or is it because of that? An Ping was silent.
"That's right, but thank you for wanting to make up for my past pain and regrets." Shadow thanked him again, then let go of Anping's hand.
"Just... It's not because of you. I just think it's a pity that this soldier died. An Ping raised his head arrogantly.
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Shadow and Ying and Paimon were both speechless.
"What the hell just happened?" Anping, who was not complained about, felt uncomfortable, so he had to quickly change the topic.
"That's the memory of the soldier who was left in the land just now, and the sacred cherry tree can absorb and purify the filth of the leylines. After being attacked by the hounds, the filth leaked through a crack in the trunk of the tree and coalesced into an entity. If the filth is intense, the individual will be aggressive, and if the filth has been purified, it will take the form of a memory. Shadow explained slowly.
"Leylinesβ" Anping remembered some little secrets that the librarian of the Mondstadt Library had told him.
A leyline with different elements, it records the story of everything that happened above and below the ground.
Flowers derived from the leylines of the earth may allow people to relive the dangers of the past, or they may be able to respond to the desires of the human heart and turn them into wealth... Now that I think about it, what Lisa's words were unintentional?
Or has he already met him like Wendy Zhongli? The leylines of the earth flowing with different elements... An Ping glanced inwardly at the three elements that circulated back and forth in his body.
Can the meridians of his body be regarded as another kind of leyline now?
"The purified filth will dissipate very quickly, and it will reintegrate into the leylines, in other words, they won't be able to exist for long..."As Shadow spoke, Anping crouched down and put his hand into the purified filth that had just flowed out.
He wanted to try another bold idea that he had just re-emerged.
"Anping, what are you going to do? Didn't Shadow say that? It's purified filth, not something to eat! Paimon hurriedly flew to Anping's side to stop him.
"Do you think everyone is like you... I'm not going to eat... I am..."The filth wrapped around Anping's hand was as if it had encountered a sponge, and it was instantly absorbed into Anping's body.
An Ping froze in place, and the picture of what the soldier had just said appeared in front of him, the sky was shrouded in darkness, there were corpses everywhere, and his companion was torn apart by the beast hound in front of him... At the last moment, the Beast Hound hound's paw had reached in front of him... An Ping, who felt empathy, instantly sweated profusely and withdrew from that scene.
"Anping! Anping! Are you okay?! Paimon looked at Anping nervously.
"I'm fine...", Anping had a similar experience before, that is, after the Mondstadt meteorite, he came into contact with the spiritual core of Leonard, and saw Leonard's life.
It's just that this time the sense of substitution is stronger, and when he experiences that memory, Anping feels as if he is the North Village.
"Don't do such a dangerous thing again, it's just a fleeting memory, otherwise you might even lose yourself." Ying solemnly reminded An Ping.
Shadow didn't see what Anping wanted to do just now, and the purified filth was absorbed by him too quickly, and Shadow didn't have time to stop Anping.
"I see." Anping wiped the sweat from his forehead, and there was a fear in his heart that he hadn't felt for a long time.
He wondered who he really was. If it weren't for Kitamura's short memory, he wouldn't even be able to tell which memory was his own personal experience.
Now he had begun to wonder if the memories of his traverser would have been instilled in him by the leylines.
"Five hundred years ago... What the hell is going on... How did Inazuma become like this..."Anhei didn't dare to think about this question anymore, and instead asked about what happened to Kage.
Just listening to what the shadow said, Anping was still difficult to empathize, and after experiencing that scene just now, Anping felt that it was not enough to kill these beast realm hounds a thousand times.
He finally felt the pain of Inazuma with empathy. It's even just a part.
At that time, Inazuma faced multiple crises. Some are from local, others... From the fallen kingdom, Kanria. The disaster in Inazuma is reassuring to me, and if I don't intervene in time, it could spread to the whole of Teyvat. And my friend Kitsunayamiya told me that she would use all the power around her to take on the responsibility of guarding Inazuma and clear my worries. Perhaps it was the reason why Nian saw the original situation in Anping, and Ying slowly opened his mouth to talk about the events of that year.
"At that time, even if no one said anything, she and I both understood that the road ahead was probably more auspicious."
"That means that when the disaster happened in Kanria, Inazuma was also attacked?" Paimon asked, tilting his head.
"That's right, the disaster five hundred years ago not only took away the friend of the Fox Palace from me... It also made me say goodbye to the real forever. She hid from me and went to Kanria alone. Recalling the incident five hundred years ago, Shadow's eyes finally revealed unforgettable pain.
"That's why you weren't there when Inazuma experienced a disaster... Your sister is really... Did he die in the battle of Kanria? "Anping finally knows why Inazuma, who obviously has two god-level combat powers, was destroyed like this by the Beast Realm Hound in the first place.
"That's right, but unlike me, I'm not good at martial arts at all. In the past, every time I encountered danger, it was I who came forward on my behalf. This situation is really unavoidable, and I can only be left behind... Or should I say they hid me behind me... When I notice this... It's too late, I only have time to see her dying..."Anping was about to cry when he saw Ying for the first time.