Original God, but the real world

Chapter 219 Chapter 218 - The truth
Watching Tartaglia leave peacefully, Jiang Qing slowly replaced the tea.

"I didn't expect you to come to me at this time." Jiang Qing pushed the teacup to the empty seat opposite him. "I thought that at this time, you should be thinking about how to solve these troubles in Xumi... Maybe you have discussed with Azar how to solve the problem?"

He was just making a small mockery and didn't know that Nashida and Azar had actually reached a cooperation.

But it's not unreasonable speculation.

Although Nashida's consciousness can communicate with many people, the ability to communicate does not mean that these people can help Him.

As for the problems faced by this god, the only person in the entire Xumi with whom he could exchange ideas was Azar.

No matter how badass he is, he is still the only person in power in Xumi.

Jiang Qing just thought that Nashida should be thinking silently at this moment, and then found herself helpless and unable to think of a solution. He didn't expect that she would take the initiative to find him.

This shouldn't be the case...Hasn't my statement been clear enough?

Trust me, that's not a good choice.

Jiang Qing smiled gently, looking forward to Nashida's sudden abnormality.

People's behavior patterns are relatively stable. If someone behaves abnormally, is it because they are under too much pressure and are starting to seek change, or is it simply because someone has provided them with information?
However, he didn't expect that Nashida's words were filled with a hint of uneasiness. "You know everything?"

What do I know...you actually worked with Hazard?!
Jiang Qing was shocked.

Cooperation with Hazard will not affect anything, and he will not panic because of it.

Azar is only the biggest force within Xumi, but the current problems of Xumi cannot be solved by Xumi alone.

Jiang Qing was surprised that Nashida was really willing to cooperate with Azar for the sake of the fact itself, rather than the impact of the cooperation.

"I don't know," Jiang Qing said, "How could I know?"

"Although I considered whether you would work with Hazard, in the end I rejected the idea."

"Because it doesn't matter?" Nashida made the most appropriate guess.

This is also the answer he gave based on his understanding and knowledge of Jiang Qing.

"No." Jiang Qing sighed, "It's sympathy and pity."

"Why do you say that."

Nashida asked.

He was not in a hurry to do anything, because, logically speaking, everything that should have happened by now had already happened - for example, the God of Thunder was in Xumi City.

He wanted remedy, and in this case, remedy could come neither sooner nor later.

"From your perspective, I certainly admit that Hazard is the only one who can be trusted a little more."

After all, among Xumi City’s partners, only Hazard is a pure Xumi person.

"The people of Xumi may not necessarily love Xumi, but as a great sage, there is no reason for him not to love Xumi."

In Xumi, he is the great sage who is second only to one person - oh, no one - and above ten thousand people.

What is he without Xumi? A researcher with some talent?

But which country would want a researcher who has done such things as imprisoning gods, studying gods, and creating gods?
Of course, Dongzhi is eager for such talents, but Hazard's talent is obviously not up to the level that the Jokers value.

He is not at the level of the Doctor or the Harlequin. Even if he joins Solstice, what level of resources can he get?
Anyway, it is definitely not as autocratic as when he was a great sage.

The taste of power is so delicious, but he must be in Sumeru to be qualified to taste its fragrance.

Nashida agreed silently.

Azar believed that He would not betray him, and He also recognized Azar's loyalty to Xumi.

The foundation of cooperation between the two sides is Xumi.

"But this is not necessarily the case, my Lord God." Jiang Qing said softly, "You must know that if Xumi collapses, you will definitely have no way out, but he has only lost power, not without the opportunity to switch to other forces."

“No matter who is willing to accept him, he will never get his current position in Xumi.” Nashida said, “No one wants to retreat. Unless there is really no hope, he will be more loyal than most loyal ministers.”

Although...now is the last resort.

"So, what do you think?" Jiang Qing asked, "For Xumi, we cooperate with Azar - what do you think about this matter?"

"This is necessary to save Xumi..."

Nashida's answer was obvious, she had to use Azar, so Jiang Qing interrupted her.

"But I don't care about Xumi, let alone the people of Xumi, Lord Little Grass King. I only care about your thoughts." He used disrespectful actions to speak very loyal words, "Really, your own thoughts and your own feelings."

"do not like."

His voice was so soft that if Jiang Qing hadn't listened carefully, he wouldn't even be sure if He had spoken.

At this time, if you add some words like "If you don't like it, don't use it" or "Sumeru obviously didn't give you anything, so you don't have to pay too much for it", objectively speaking, it will most likely be of no use at all.

This God of wisdom must be aware of the truth that can be expressed in words.

His protection of Xumi is not because he naturally loves Xumi to this extent.

This is the trouble left behind by the Great Compassionate Tree King.

The Great Compassionate Tree King created the present Sumeru, and He has reasons to love this world.

But Nashida did not have this experience, and was willing to protect this country only because of the strong will left by the Mahabodhi Tree King when He was born.

It doesn’t matter. Even if the king wearing the crown took over the crown from the previous king, does it mean that he will definitely follow the same path as the previous king?

It is not just the heir apparent to the throne of king. Those who steal the country can also become kings or princes.

"What can I do for you?" Jiang Qing asked respectfully.

"Baalzebub is in Xumi City, right?" Nashida confirmed again.

"That's right. You should have heard the conversation between Tartaglia and me just now. He will send the general to the scholar team of the God-making Project to conduct research on the skirmishers."

Contact at the level of will allows Him to hear and sense Jiang Qing's state, naturally including the conversations between Jiang Qing and others.

Because Jiang Qing had no intention of being on guard, He heard it clearly.

"That doesn't match what you said." Nashida recalled for a moment, "Baalzebub's appearance doesn't seem to be the same as what you told me at the time."

"What you told Tartaglia was that He was going to investigate an old case from Inazuma's past."

"But I am in Huacheng Castle, and what you and I are talking about is indeed the invasion of Xumi by the Three Kingdoms."

"Who did you lie to?"

Nashida was inclined to lie to Tartaglia.

Because Jiang Qing could easily block such prying eyes, but he was so open and open that he allowed himself to hear the conversation.

Moreover, his consciousness was very stable. It was not that he made up a lie to deceive himself after his sudden death.

From the beginning, he said what he had prepared.

"This conflict will cause your plans to collapse."

Although Nashida still didn't know how many plans Jiang Qing had, there was no doubt that this blatant contradiction would destroy the best and most useful excuse Jiang Qing used at the beginning.

So He believed that since Jiang Qing was willing to be honest, then between Tartaglia and Him, it must be Tartaglia who was deceived.

Baalzebub wants something else, and the Triple Alliance does exist.

Very well said.

Unfortunately, the starting point was wrong from the beginning.

"Have you read the covenant carefully?"

Jiang Qing suddenly asked.

In fact, if the wording of the contract was a little more aggressive, it would become much more threatening.

But no.

Even though everyone knew that the covenant was just to fool these Xumi people, since the seal was put on the table, what was written in the contract must be done.

This is Liyue’s attitude.

Jiang Qing's assumption is that Morax is dead, so there is no need to care about what Morax thinks.

He was almost eager to demonstrate a very famous noble spirit in history - I would decide whether to fulfill the contract I agreed to depending on the generosity of the remuneration.

no sooner said than done?

I need to think about it.

If you insist on saying that you are dead, then fine, I will treat it as if you are really dead.

Objectively speaking, Liyue has been promoting contracts for thousands of years, on the one hand because honesty does make things convenient for everyone, and on the other hand it is also the requirement of Morax.

If Jiang Qing were asked to judge the key reason, it would of course be because of Morax's persistence.

It is impossible to expect a country to maintain a nearly ideal state of peace for thousands of years. The desert people have told everyone through their own history that it is impossible.

After the death of the flower god, the Red King disappeared for a while, and during this time, the kings who ruled the desert performed all kinds of absurd dramas.

This includes the love story between the wife and the adopted son, and how the adopted son assassinated his adoptive father and ascended the throne.

It highlights a Greek mythological ethical concept, which is shocking.

If it weren't for Morax, the situation in Liyue might not have collapsed to this extent, but it is obviously impossible for it to continue in its current state.

The Seven Stars are all big businessmen. They must know that in addition to the regular transactions in this world, there is actually a simpler way of trading, but it also has more serious consequences.

Jiang Qing chose the latter.

He is the representative of the pragmatic faction. You dare to say that Morax is dead. Even if Zhongli stands in front of me, I will still treat some things as if He is dead.

Seven stars are not acceptable.

They said very seriously, "Although Morax is dead, we still have to abide by the contract and we must do what is written in the contract."

As a result, the treaty was edited and revised to emphasize deterrence as much as possible, but when it came down to it, what each country actually had to do was often just described as "reorganizing the troops."

The purpose of military training is, of course, to prepare for war, but how long should we prepare for the war?
Nashida felt that a war was about to break out, while Ganyu and Ye Lan's answer was that if the Xumi people asked about it, we should remain silent first, and when they could no longer hold back (could no longer hide it), then tell them that this was just a war exercise.

You said we are preparing for war, so you are worried and afraid?
No, no, no, we love peace. This is just a military rehearsal. You are thinking too much.

The whole plan focuses on one thing: guess what.

You guessed wrong and succumbed to the threat of war. Then we remained silent. After all, we did nothing. This is all your guess.

You guessed it right. We will reorganize the army as usual. Let's see if you dare to stick to your correct answer.

Nashida guessed wrong on the first try. Even Azar couldn't have made a mistake so quickly.

He was fooled by Wendy, the God of Fun.

Compared with the covenant, He felt the divine power from Lei Dianying and Wendy from the covenant, so He subconsciously formed a fixed guess.

He doesn't really care about the specific description in the covenant.

If it were Azar, he would hardly be aware of the threat from the gods, and would instead review the covenant word by word.

In that case, even if you have spent a lot of effort to cover up the facts, they will still be exposed.

Unfortunately, Hazard didn't have this opportunity.

He believed too much that Nashida would not lie in such a place. She said this was the covenant of the three gods, so it must be the answer of the three gods.

Oh, it is said that Morax died in an assassination, and was killed instantly... Tsk, just assume that there are only two gods.

The alliance of two gods and three countries, what is worth them going to such a big fuss?

Azar and Nashida had the same answer.

They believed it without a doubt, but Jiang Qing was vague and never confirmed the answer.

"fake?"

Nashida was stunned.

Jiang Qing suddenly mentioned the content of the covenant. He could of course understand that this meant that there was something wrong with the content he had glanced at at the time.

At this moment, the god of wisdom reviewed his memory and read the text over and over again.

But there are no obvious errors or omissions.

The covenant is only somewhat vague and does not specify specific responsibilities.

This can be understood as the gods acting first and determining everyone's benefits.

It's also reasonable.

"I thought it was because you gave the main share of profits and the main force of the war to the gods."

Nashida had a complicated look on her face.

For the same thing, it can be understood that the gods bear the bulk of the responsibility, so there is no need to have too many demands on the Seven Stars, the Knights of Favonius and the shogunate.

This is certainly a reasonable idea in Teyvat.

God is responsible for wars and determines the profits. It is enough for others to follow God, but they do not need to take any responsibilities.

This is what He thought and this is what He told Azar.

Hazard also thought about it carefully and then accepted this statement.

Of course he thought so.

Even though Xumi has imprisoned its gods now, the knowledge recorded in books still tells them that this is still the age of gods.

"I hope you think so, too."

Jiang Qing did not deny it further and his answer was quite concise.

Nacida was silent.

Putting aside his personal liking for Jiang Qing, from Xumi's perspective, Jiang Qing was clearly half an enemy.

The enemy wants them to think so... Isn't that just admitting the answer directly?

“Very good method.”

One answer can lead to more answers. "According to this answer, the deterrence of the three countries is actually fake. You just want to use this deterrence to force Hazard to do something."

There is no need to guess what Hazard is needed to do.

Because Jiang Qing had already made a request to Hazard.

For...me?
A man who has not yet reached Xumi has already collected the covenants of the three kingdoms and obtained two seals of the gods. All he has to do is to intimidate Azar in exchange for a chance to see himself.

Nacida was silent.

A normal person would be afraid of this kind of pursuit. In fact, He was a little worried, but fortunately, He was not too normal.

That should be acceptable, right?

After all, there was no big problem with Xumi.

"Can I still trust you?"

Nashida was not thinking about this.

"If you think I have deceived you, why not give me a chance?" Jiang Qing said calmly, "I have not told any lies, nor have I concealed my soul. At least so far, I have not brought any crisis to Xumi."

"I even pointed out the troubles in Xumi to you, and let Azar win over the desert, and also gave you some power."

"That is the end of my defense."

Not telling lies is a good habit, and so is not doing bad things.

This at least ensures that you have a reason in any situation.

At least justice and fairness are on your side.

Nashida sighed silently.

Yes, there really were no lies.

He used the most decisive means and intimidated the sages far away in Xumi City through Tinari.

This plan was able to succeed largely because Azar and his team truly considered Jiang Qing and Ying as enemies.

Hazard and his colleagues, who are scholars, are cautious in thinking and have rigorous logic. From the very beginning, they have used all the means at their disposal to prevent problems.

Compared with the Fatui and Inazuma's shogunate in the early days, they were too cautious and really considered their enemies as enemies.

It is precisely because they are really worried that they use more preventive measures.

It was precisely because Azar had really done the preparatory work that he was able to "easily" deceive Tinari and Nashida.

The success rate of this move is not in Jiang Qing's hands, but in the hands of his enemy.

The more cautious his enemies were, the easier it was for them to take the bait.

However, even though Jiang Qing did such a thing, he never panicked and always kept his guard up.

Even Nashida couldn't say that he had deceived herself, because Jiang Qing never elaborated on these things, and even skipped them impatiently.

"One last question. If I really peeked into your memory, your plan would have failed completely." Nashida asked softly, "Are you not worried at all?"

"How can I not worry?" Jiang Qing smiled, his expression was inexplicable, "But I think at that time, you probably won't focus on my little plan."

No matter how well you know a person, how can you be sure of what choice he will make?
A person's thinking logic is relatively stable, but his experiences determine his subsequent choices.

To dare to allow Him to make a choice is nothing more than bullying people because they have no choice, or because any choice is unimportant.

Jiang Qing is of course the latter.

Compared with Xumi's real trouble, Jiang Qing's little plan is nothing.

"There are bigger troubles, and you know it."

Is this lucky?

The god pressed his chest, looking somewhat confused.

He didn't know how Jiang Qing had achieved this level. Even if someone really mastered this almost unreasonable ability, it shouldn't fall into the hands of a mortal.

Is there anything special about him?
"I should be able to know about this trouble." Nashida thought for a moment, "Please... I order you to tell me."

Give up thinking.

Nashida thought so.

If the truth is right in front of you, don't try to challenge and interpret the truth with your own thinking.

Of course, whether it is an order or a request, there is a price to pay.

But let yourself face this kind of thing in the future.

"Of course, of course, my respected Lord of Wisdom, if there is something you want to know, how could I hide it from you?"

Jiang Qing bowed slightly and performed to the void.

In some ways, he is indeed more likable than Hazard, and I should like him too.

At the very least, even if it's not in person, he is willing to show respect to himself, isn't he?

His balance was slightly shaken, and he was waiting for fate to help him.

And the pusher of fate, no, Jiang Qing, who had been prepared, was ready to go.

"This is a rather long story. If you like, I can tell you." Jiang Qing did not intend to give a long speech, "but I think you only care about the disaster and the truth, so I will make it short."

"During the period of time when Kanreya was destroyed five hundred years ago, among the seven gods, the Great Compassionate Tree King was ordered to protect the World Tree. The remaining six gods descended on Kanreya, and even the sky cast its gaze."

"After that battle, the Ice Queen embarked on another path. The God of Thunder died, and his sister inherited the authority of the God of Thunder."

"As for the Great Compassionate Tree King, He undertakes the most important and theoretically the safest task, which is to protect the World Tree."

Nashida's attention was focused on this space.

This was the truth five hundred years ago.

But to be honest, Jiang Qing really couldn't understand how a task like protecting the World Tree was calculated.

The World Tree is of course extremely precious. After all, it is the key to maintaining Teyvat's existence.

However, does an existence of this level, or in other words, a life form like the so-called [World Tree], really need human protection?

In all myths or two-dimensional creations, tree life is usually not second-rate stuff, especially in this kind of description of "roots running through the world". If the Great Compassionate Tree King is really a demon, it is hard to say who will protect whom.

Later, Sanbing also tried to delete himself on the World Tree, which can probably be seen as a small piece of evidence that the World Tree has no self-will.

If He can support the world, then a single falling branch is enough to crush most of His enemies.

The only explanation should be that Sky Island already knew at that time what Kanreya was researching - [Forbidden Knowledge], and even if Kanreya was destroyed, this kind of thing would continue to appear.

And [Forbidden Knowledge] is a special attack against the World Tree.

It may be used to kill other people, but its main function is to destroy the World Tree.

This in itself involves another issue, which is how to measure the pollution of [forbidden knowledge].

The Scarlet King had also been exposed to [Forbidden Knowledge], and it was obvious that he had been exposed to [Forbidden Knowledge] for a relatively long period of time.

The forbidden knowledge that the Kanreyan people came into contact with attracted the arrival of the Seven Gods, and there is a risk that "if the forbidden knowledge is allowed to continue to pollute the world tree", Teyvat may fall apart.

During this process, the World Tree itself was polluted. The Great Compassionate Tree King, which was connected to the World Tree, was infected by the disaster before he began to purify it.

But He was completely unaware of it at the time.

When the disaster was almost cleared, the Great Compassionate Tree King wiped his sweat, looked back, and found that the only remaining, and largest source of pollution was right next to the World Tree.

He used the World Tree's perception to locate the pollution, and finally discovered that the source of the pollution was himself.

The final result, of course, was that the Tree King, with the help of the Grass King, deleted the existence of the Great Compassion Tree King from the World Tree Server.

As compensation for a piece of the fate network that was forcibly dug out, Nashida automatically took over everything of the Great Mercy Tree King. With the destruction of Kanriya as the dividing line, He was both the Tree King who had made an alliance with the Flower God and the Red King, and the Little Grass King who had lost his power and memory and became weak.

Let Jiang Qing explain the complexity of this matter. He would rather let Nashida observe his memories directly.

But Nashida seemed not just to adhere to certain principles, but really didn't want to, so he could only try his best to describe it.

"In the process of protecting the World Tree, the Great Compassionate Tree King had to use his own life to suppress the [Abnormality] that polluted the World Tree."

"And during this process, He broke off a pure branch from the World Tree, hoping that He could become the new God of Wisdom."

Narcida's mind is very active.

“He failed to suppress it, right?” He keenly perceived the answer, “The World Tree is still in a sick state.”

This is a fact that has already happened.

The dead zone, the increasingly severe sandstorms in the desert... these are all disasters brought about by the injury to the world tree.

As the God of Wisdom, He himself cannot connect to the World Tree.

Over the past five hundred years, all the scholars who practiced "forest cultivation" became more unlucky the more talented they were.

In normal times, these people would be considered genius scholars.

Only five hundred years ago, talent became the driving force behind these scholars' madness.

However, the House of the Decrees did not know this. They only thought that these scholars had touched upon the knowledge of God. As for why they went crazy, it was of course because the knowledge of God was so great that mortals could not bear it, so they went crazy.

"The huge trouble you mentioned is the disaster of the World Tree." Nashida pieced together the truth. "The Great Compassion Tree King suppressed the [Anomaly] with his own life, but the [Anomaly] could not be completely resolved. For the remaining part, He gave me hope."

Completely correct.

The only thing missing is that it's not just giving hope to you.

Jiang Qing sighed softly, "This is the great mission you were born with, but the fools in the Order House don't understand your greatness."

Nashida snorted and did not refute the so-called fool.

If we recall the real situation of Mount Sumeru, the situation of the Great Compassionate Tree King is more complicated.

The flower god is not a demon, but a fairy.

But during that period, [Sky] punished the fairies, causing them to lose their form and wisdom, and transform into the small floating spirits they are today.

Being able to retain his physical form and even being on par with the position of the Demon God, the Flower God’s status among the fairies is obviously not ordinary.

Later, Zhenling was to the flower god just as Lannaro was to the Great Mercy Tree King.

The Red King encountered the Flower God by chance, and in all the records in the books, the Red King always called the Flower God "Partner".

It was truly love at first sight.

Later, the Flower God and the Red King heard of the name of the Great Compassionate Tree King's [Wisdom], so the Flower God paid a visit with three questions, and the Tree King indeed gave Him satisfactory answers.

The Flower God was very satisfied, and the Red King was also very satisfied, so everyone began to cooperate. This period was the time when the three gods coexisted in Xumi.

In the later times, the Red King had a dream, and the Flower God recognized this dream, so at the cost of his own sacrifice, he helped the Red King see the way forward.

Undoubtedly, the road attracted the [Frost Nail].

The Red King lived in seclusion to study the Frost Nail, the desert people started a melee in their own kingdom, and the Great Compassion Tree King was now studying the Faruna Divine Machine, which brought rain to the desert and created a rainforest... If Jiang Qing understood correctly, the entire Xumi was a desert at that time, and the Tree King created a rainforest in one place.

This is also why, on the map of Xumi, the area of ​​the desert is obviously much larger than the rainforest.

Because this place used to be a whole desert.

But at this point, the Red King gradually regretted his decision and began to come into contact with and "master" forbidden knowledge.

He found that what he wanted was not an utopia of all people, but the scene of the three of them sitting together and discussing the Dao in the past - to be honest, the ideas of the Great Compassionate Tree King, the Flower God, and the Red King were reasonable.

Then it was time for the Great Compassion Tree King to be caught in the crossfire.

The forbidden knowledge that the Scarlet King and the Flower God brought together, and the Scarlet King's further research, led to filth all over the land of Xumi.

The Great Tree King, who ran his home in the rainforest, had to go to the desert himself and suppress the first pollution at the cost of giving up half of his life and the self-sacrifice of the Red King.

The two gods did not conspire loudly, their plan was proceeding steadily, and suddenly the Red King found that he could not control the direction of the plan.

The Great Compassionate Tree King had no choice but to stand up and sacrifice his own vitality to clear the pollution from the earth.

This time, He changed from the King of Trees to the "Little Grass King".

Then came the second disaster of Kanreya five hundred years ago. This time, the Great Mercy Tree King was completely trapped and could not climb out. He had to break off Nashida to clear himself.

Of course, it was precisely because of the experience of the Red King creating trouble that the Tree King thought of the [Void] system, using the void to expel almost all filth.

In the end, looking back, I found that the biggest and only remaining source of pollution was myself.

The Great Compassionate Tree King did not regret his own death, but He could not completely delete himself because no matter what He did, there would always be a Tree King on the timeline to press the delete button.

As long as He lives, the pollution cannot be cleansed away.

So He gave the task of killing Himself to the newly born Nashida.

(End of this chapter)