Chapter 118: A Little Bit of It's Just a Little
"Did you and Zhongli know about it a long time ago?" Anping took Wendy's flask and took a sip on his head, it was the familiar taste of Mondstadt, the taste of freedom.
"Know what? I don't know anything? Wendy immediately denied.
"Now it's all now, what are you pretending to be? Otherwise, can you and Morax send me to Inazuma? Isn't it because the sacred cherry tree can protect me from being discovered by the maintainers of heavenly principles? An Ping raised his eyebrows, revealing some of the facts he knew about this time when he went back to the past.
That's right. He didn't erase his memories at all. But that's not something that can be said. All the things he has seen and experienced, if he speaks them, will bring disaster to those who hear about them.
Even if he is himself, he can keep these memories from being discovered now because of the blessing of Shin and the god Sakura she left behind to the shadow.
But the blessing of the sacred cherry tree is not omnipotent. Unless he stays in Inazuma forever. However, Anping was soon leaving.
He had a reason to leave.
"Looks like you've really gone back in time and learned a lot of secrets..."Wendy sighed and poured a large sip of wine into her mouth, and Mondstadt's wine seemed to be inexhaustible in the small flask.
"But it's really just a coincidence that you're coming to Inazuma, the arrangement between me and the old man wasn't like this, but it's a coincidence..."
"Anyway, the old man and I definitely don't know as much as you now, you should be able to understand this... Hiccup~" Anping nodded.
Wendy should be telling the truth at this point, he and Zhongli must have used some special means to leave an impression of a model lake about that matter, otherwise the maintainer of Heavenly Reason would have come to the door a long time ago.
"But what did you do at the beginning? How did I come to Inazuma? An Ping was suddenly a little curious.
"At first, the old man and I originally planned to send you to the Dark Sea, although we don't know your identity even now, but we have already noticed your specialness. I think you should be able to avoid the surveillance of the Heavenly Principle maintainer in the dark outer sea, and in that environment you can also let go of your hands and feet, grow up quickly, and come back when you have enough strength... But who knew that Klee had a bomb that accidentally blew up Inazuma for you... Is this the four-leaf clover that symbolizes luck? I'm afraid Tianli wouldn't have thought that the established fate would also bring unknown variables. Wendy sighed and took a sip from the flask.
"Didn't you say you didn't know anything? But how do I feel like you know a lot..."Anping looked at Wendy suspiciously.
His emotion sounded like he had at least a general idea of the plan. It seems like a secret that can't be remembered, right?
"It's just a little bit of a scratch... That is, a little bit more than the girl with a sweet tooth..."Wendy put her thumb and forefinger together, comparing the slightest gap.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, or I'll be in danger if you miss two words later... Let's talk about your next steps, are you going to stay in Inazuma forever? If you have this sacred cherry tree, you can at least grow up smoothly. Wendy saw Anping's mouth open slightly, and immediately refused to talk about this dangerous topic, diverting the topic.
"No, it won't be long before I should leave." An Ping took the wine from Wendy's hand, and his tone was a little melancholy.
"That's right, although Inazuma is good, it's too calm after all, and it's not good for your growth... You should still plan to go to the dark outer seas or the abyss, those places can avoid the surveillance of the Heavenly Principle Maintainer, and the dangerous environment can also allow you to grow as fast as possible. Anping's unexpected, Wendy's thoughts, made Wendy nod.
"Darkness beyond the sea and the abyss? I might go later, but until then, I'm going to go back to Liyue and Mondstadt first, and then go to Sumeru. Anping said what he was going to do.
"Oooooooooooo
"Do I have a grudge against you with the old man and the little grass god!? Why are you treating us like this?! ”
"Don't worry, how can it implicate you? I've already planned it. There are some things I have to do that I have to go to Sumeru. Didn't you tell me before, there's a World Tree there, and if you want to rewrite something, you'll have to go there. An Ping showed a calm smile.
"Don't you mess around!? Messing around with the World Tree is going to be a big problem! An Ping's calm smile made Wendy's heart flutter.
"If you don't go to the World Tree and change something, it's going to be a big problem... You don't think I've really done anything after a trip back in the past, do you? Anping asked Wendy with a smile.
"You...!" Wendy's eyes widened, and he realized that Anping might have changed some history, or rather, changed the fate of some people.
"But that's not right, if you really changed history, then my memory should be skewed right now..."Ordinary people may not be able to perceive this change in the worldline, but as the ruling god of the world, Wendy can feel it.
"Changed, not completely changed, do you want to know how I did it?"
"I don't want to, I don't want to! Don't say it! Wendy covered her ears.
"Don't worry, it's not something you can't say... In fact, the solution is very simple... Even that Fatui thing... Doctor... It should be called this name, even what that guy can do, I'm just a little more advanced than him..."Anping imitated Wendy's appearance, and also put his thumb and index finger together, comparing a slight gap.
"A little more advanced... How do you do it? Wendy frowned, and for a moment she couldn't figure out how clever Anping could be compared to the doctor's slicing technique that was born out of the shadow puppet technology.
"He sliced myself at different ages, and I slice me at different points in time." Anping said it lightly, as simple as cutting a slice of radish.
"What?!" Wendy finally understands why Anping has changed some of history, but now there is no historical correction.
An Ping, who was in those time nodes, has not yet started to do it. No wonder he's going to change the World Tree... Wendy looked at Anping incredulously.
How on earth could he do such a thing that would be fantastic even to the gods? The World Tree has no ability to change history, and it merely records everything that happened in Teyvat.
Anping doesn't intend to revise the history of the current Teyvat continent, every move he made in the past is possible, no, it will definitely affect the current Teyvat, leading to unpredictable consequences, such as the disappearance of Noelle, the disappearance of Keqing, and even the disappearance of Grandma Ruoxin... So for a long time in the past, Anhei has been thinking about how Yoon Staru and Zhen managed to make the seeds planted by Kagein bloom in the past without affecting history at all.
Because there is a history of no god cherry tree in the middle. Can't you even if there is no god cherry tree, Inazuma just walks into the future step by step, after the shadow retreats from the country, he and Ying wake her up, and then get the seeds of the god cherry tree, plant them from the future, and bloom in the past, right?
How can we achieve the effect first, and then the cause? On this extremely contradictory issue, An Ping's head was broken at that time.
Until he thought of the projection machine, he didn't drill the horns. The history that disappeared is just like a movie, a useless picture, wouldn't it be nice to edit it out?
In this way, doesn't it make sense? Following this line of thought, Anping really found a way to cut down the time node.
With himself as the coordinates, he cut several key time nodes, and the history pieced together will not change anything, but the edited picture can be connected to the future.
To put it simply, the danger that Anping experienced at the beginning was only known to the generals who had been following him.
Of course, the problem is not impossible, and the appearance of people who should have died in history in the future will obviously attract attention.
So Anping also needs to go to the World Tree to revise some records. It was the only thing he could think of that wouldn't affect the future.
But to do such a thing... Anping realized something even more terrifying. The world, perhaps, is like a movie, constantly being screened.
It's not that there is an effect and then a cause. It's like writing a script, someone knows what is going to happen in the future, so it's okay to do it in the past... That's why the nodes of time are like films, which can be edited and played with at will... When he thought of this, Anping under the big sun had been breaking out in a cold sweat.
But An Ping thought about it, this is a game world after all, and these things were originally arranged by the game screenwriter... It didn't seem strange that he knew what was going to happen in the future... Thinking of this, Anping finally felt better.
"Didn't you say yes, that's something that can be said?" What An Ping could think of, Wendy could also think of, and his face instantly turned pale.
This kind of secret that touches the truth of the world, he really doesn't want to touch. Wendy was extremely annoyed now, he shouldn't have listened to Anping's words, and more importantly, he shouldn't have had such a dangerous association.
"It's okay, it's okay... It should be fine... If you really can't, you can stay in Inazuma too, anyway, it doesn't make much difference whether you're in Inazuma or in Mondstadt, right? Anping comforted Wendy with a big grin.
"Shut up! Say no more, we drink and get me drunk right away, and tomorrow I'll forget everything about the day! Wendy snatched the flask and shoved it into her mouth, her throat boggling up and down, never taking it out again.
An Ping looked at this wine jug that could never be poured in amazement. I wish this was Wendy's wine that I had saved before... Mondstadt.
Dawn Winery. Diluc, grim-faced, sat in the living room.
"Has the prisoner who stole half of the cellar's treasured liquor found?"
"Old... Master... Not yet... But it must have been Wendy, the idle bard, who we had been investigating for so long, and the only stranger who had been around the winery that day was that bard... And on the day the drink was stolen, the bard was gone... Now I've sent out a wanted warrant... I also turned to the Adventurers' Guild for help... I'm sure the minstrel will soon find out... Don't worry, sir, no matter where that batch of drinks is sold, we will definitely chase it back. The steward of Dawn Winery trembled in front of Diluc, after all, it was his responsibility as a steward to fail to take good care of the estate and lead to the theft of priceless wine.
Hearing this, Diluc's fingers trembled a little, and his breath froze for a few seconds. Even if the Fatui had robbed him of his cellar, he would not have been so desperate.
After all, even a dozen tons of wine could not be disposed of in a short time by the Fatume, and he had a way to recover that batch of wine.
But if it's Wendy... Diluc didn't have any thoughts about the dozen tons of wine anymore. Otherwise, it would have been compensated for his thousands of years of work in a tavern.
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"Ahh The saltiness of the sea breeze couldn't cover the smell of alcohol on her body, and Wendy, who sneezed.
"Look at this Wendy... It's just sun..."An Ping, who was holding Ganyu with one hand and Noelle with the other, poured a bottle of wine and pointed at Wendy lying on the beach.
"Did they just drink like this with a jug of wine?" Paimon asked suspiciously, looking at An Ping with a strange expression, and Wendy, who couldn't pull the head of the piano in a delirious way.
"It's quite an exaggeration that a pot of wine can be used from day to night..."Ying looked at the wine jug in Anping's hand and always felt that something was wrong.
They shouldn't have had that bad drinking.
"Lend me this flask." Ying took the flask from Anping's hand and put it into the sea.
An exaggerated whirlpool suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea.
"That's outrageous, isn't it? Are these two people idiots?! Aren't you afraid of being strangled to death after drinking so much wine?! Paimon's jaw almost dropped.
"Why do the two of them drink here for a day?" asked Noelle, who was distressed by Anping.
"Maybe I haven't seen you for a long time, so I'm happy..."Ying can only help An Ping cover it up.
"Forget it, let's take them back to rest first... Don't blow the cold..."Ganyu didn't say anything.
Last night, she felt that Anping, who was holding her, had a feeling of reluctance, as if Anping was going to leave her again.
Today, Anping suddenly drank so much wine inexplicably, and Ganyu felt that his feelings were not wrong. And Ganyu also realized that he couldn't say the reason why Anping left this time.
Ganyu didn't know whether to ask or not. Anping and Wendy were sent back to Qiusha Sentang like this. When Anping Mihu Lake woke up in the middle of the night, a thunderbolt flashed in front of him.
"What the hell did you do to me?!" The blade of the general's naginata fell on Anping's throat. Anping was very moved.
The general hadn't put this face on him for more than a thousand years.