Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Leaving aside the sea monsters, wild beasts, and treasure-hunting gangs that appear out of nowhere from time to time, and the swarms of fools everywhere, we could tolerate that too. But the torrential rain and thunder imbued with the resentment of demons, the seemingly radiant Musou Blade Rift, and the drifting spirits...

Especially the last one!

What the hell is this floating rock spirit in the sky?! Doesn't this thing even have a shred of elemental theory?

In short, Inazuma's terrible environment left a very deep impression on Luminous. The only thing she could be thankful for was that although she was tormented by this terrible environment, at least she hadn't encountered any super-large-scale missions like those in Mondstadt and Liyue that could involve god-level beings, right?

As for the war between Haiqi Island and Narukami Island... sigh, it's just a battle between mere mortals. How can it be the same as what happened in Mondstadt and Liyue? Do you think such a trivial matter can scare our travelers?

Then Ying, who had been full of confidence, heard the news brought by Su Feng that the evil god was about to invade.

Well, it seems we still can't avoid this massive event!

Thinking of this, Ying looked helplessly at her friend beside her. This friend seemed to be really unlucky. Otherwise, how could he attract such big problems wherever he went?

Anyway, Ying never considered her own problems—she was just a weak woman with no power to even kill a chicken, how could she possibly bring so many disasters?

"Ahem! In short, Inazuma will be facing an invasion of evil gods next. I can stop those evil gods, but considering that the other side has a numerical advantage, I can't control the battlefield below the god level."

"Don't expect the higher-ups in the shogunate to be reliable. The fox who is temporarily acting as shogun has already started cursing. I think she might even choose to carry out a major purge after this war is over."

"But that was after the war. During that time, the fox could guarantee that the shogunate wouldn't betray its allies, but it couldn't give you much support either."

"So I might have to trouble you a bit more then."

Su Feng wasn't hiding anything from Ying. He had nothing to do with Inazuma's shogunate, so was it wrong for him to reveal more information now so that Ying could make more preparations?

Of course not, he certainly didn't intend to help the fox trick his own friend.

"Okay, fine!"

"I understand, but speaking of Inazuma's three chief ministers, apart from the corps minister, the other two are really bad. Let me tell you, before I was..."

Perhaps it was Su Feng who piqued Ying's interest in the conversation, because once the topic of those useless people in the Inazuma leadership came up, Ying immediately began to talk non-stop about what she had encountered.

It seems that Inazuma left a bad impression on Hotaru.

Chapter Sixteen: Mortals Love Finding Bugs

Just as Yae no Miko had predicted, the people on Haigi Island readily agreed to suspend the rebellion and directly transferred most of their troops to Inazuma's command to prepare for an attack from the Dark Sea. They did want to disobey, but it was clear that these poor fellows didn't have the strength.

Moreover, General Raiden's sword is no joke; the corpse of the giant serpent Orobas is still lying on Hachiyun Island being continuously mined!

Even the most unwilling person knows that if they were to summon General Thunder, they would be doomed without even knowing how they died.

However, Su Feng didn't need to care about any of this. After delivering the message and chatting with Ying for a while, he left Haiqi Island to report back to the scumbag fox.

It was at this moment that the atmosphere of war began to permeate the entire Narukami Island, and Su Feng, flying high in the sky, could see all kinds of samurai being gathered together with just a slight glance down.

It must be said that most of the higher-ups in Inazuma are probably useless, but the ordinary people below are really powerful. The monsters that often come out from the Dark Sea have indeed greatly trained these ordinary people in Inazuma.

At least after just a quick glance, Su Feng saw various warriors who were in no way inferior to the elite of the Thousand Rock Army—in fact, Su Feng felt that these warriors, who could use special means to temporarily manipulate elemental power, were not necessarily much weaker than the martial arts masters scattered throughout Liyue.

With such warriors as the spearhead, coupled with a large group of equally formidable warriors, forming an entire army, they could be said to be in no way inferior even when facing the demons under the command of evil gods.

Their people are indeed fierce and their fighting strength is quite impressive. It's just a pity that their rulers are somewhat brain-dead, otherwise Inazuma would never be the way it is now.

However, this attack from the Dark Sea might actually be a good thing for Inazuma.

At least these scattered samurai have something to do for the time being, which saves so many people with strong fighting ability from being scattered outside and constantly robbing and looting—and most importantly, they don't even get anything!

After all, the lower classes in Inazuma are so poor that they can barely afford to eat violets.

Su Feng sometimes really felt that it was really not easy for Inazuma to have lasted this long. If there had been even a slight setback, the whole country might have collapsed. He even suspected that the reason Inazuma hadn't collapsed yet was because Raiden Shin or Ishtar had secretly intervened and maintained the situation. Otherwise, how could the country have survived this long?

However, Su Feng's thoughts about Inazuma did not linger in his mind for long. He did not care about the present or the future of this country, so when he got close to the castle tower, he decisively put all these thoughts out of his mind.

Because now he had seen Raiden General, who was sitting on his kneeling thighs with his newly forged naginata, his eyes closed in deep thought, and Yae no Miko, who was standing next to Raiden General and seemed to be talking incessantly.

Upon seeing these two, Su Feng transformed into a gentle breeze and descended without a second thought. As Su Feng landed on the Sky Guardian Pavilion, General Thunder suddenly opened his icy eyes.

“General, now is not the time to clash with him. We should wait until we defeat those guys in the Dark Sea first. After that, I won’t care if you fight to the death. But now is not the time. Those evil gods are already preparing to invade Inazuma. What kind of nonsense is it for you to fight the foreign aid I finally managed to find at this time?”

Seeing General Raiden's state, Yae no Miko was in a real bind. What she feared most was that the two of them would continue to fight. She, a small fox, had no way to stop them. But Inazuma really couldn't bear the thought of her two gods suddenly starting a fight.

"Foolish! Can't this body distinguish between what's important and what's urgent?"

However, when faced with Yae no Miko, who was so anxious he looked like fried tofu on hot oil, Raiden no Kamiko gave him a look of utter disdain.

"..."

Yae no Miko felt her blood rushing to her head—she never imagined that one day she would be looked down upon by the general? And judging from the way it looked, it was the general who was questioning her mind!

Is it possible that the beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko is inferior to a mere brainless Raiden General?

Thinking of this, Yae no Miko immediately became furious. Unfortunately, it was still General Raiden who was here. If it were a movie, Yae no Miko would definitely not mind pouncing on him and letting him know that even a domesticated fox is not someone to be trifled with.

But even a fox wouldn't dare to be too presumptuous when facing a general.

After all, the general didn't give her much room to relax.

"If it weren't for the futile struggles of those losers, I would never have given up fighting you."

The fox's struggles and sullen attitude were naturally ignored by the general. After staring intently at Su Feng for a while, he reiterated his stance. Even though he knew he might not be a match for Su Feng, it did not affect the rigid general's continued execution of his mission.

"..."

“I think you might need to have your creator rethink your behavior patterns; you might not be suited to pursuing eternity.”

"It's only because the war between the demon gods is over now, otherwise you would probably have been destroyed long ago."

Even Su Feng was speechless after hearing the general's blunt statement. However, he knew that it was impossible to reason or argue with an AI.

A rigid AI will only follow its own instructions one by one. No wonder Inazuma's three major principles have become more and more outrageous in recent years. If someone were to figure out how to use such a rigid AI as the Shogun, wouldn't it be ruined?

Ordinary people may not have many other skills, but their ability to find bugs and exploit vulnerabilities is absolutely unparalleled.

"?"

"What do you mean?"

"This body was created to pursue eternity, so how could it possibly lead Inazuma to destruction?"

While General Thunder might not care about other things, things are different when it comes to eternity. What Su Feng is saying now is tantamount to directly denying the significance of General Thunder's existence.

General Thunder, whose primary goal is to pursue eternity, would naturally not let her go. Especially after the general opened his eyes again, his pupils, which contained endless thunder, seemed ready to unleash endless lightning to instantly turn this cunning villain who dared to question his own eternity into ashes.

"You are too fixated on eternity, but you don't realize that what eternity means to you is completely different from what mortals mean to you."

"What you are pursuing is your own eternity, your own escape, but whether the mortals of Inazuma can recognize and accept this eternity... Ha, that's your own business anyway."

"Inazuma is your Inazuma, why should I care so much?"

At this moment, Su Feng's voice carried a hint of mockery and indifference.

Chapter Seventeen: A Little Theater Between Mother and Son?

General Thunder was speechless after being bombarded with a series of opinions from Su Feng.

However, since Su Feng is just a puppet, and since Su Feng is not a threat to Inazuma and Inazuma even needs his help, Su Feng is just putting on a show and is not taken seriously at all.

Anyway, as a puppet, it will only follow the predetermined program step by step.

He doesn't care about anything else.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with the eternal path he was pursuing. To think that a few words could shake his resolve was overthinking things.

Moreover, after a few calmer exchanges, the general finally managed to sense Wendy's presence from Su Feng.

Although the true relationship between Su Feng and Wendy is still uncertain, since Wendy vouched for Su Feng, there shouldn't be any major problems.

The general made this judgment after searching the database left by Ying again.

After all, although Wendy may seem unreliable, he is at least one of the Seven Gods. While he doesn't particularly like his fellow generals, he doesn't doubt them too much either.

So now we just need to keep a close eye on Su Feng.

Meanwhile, after confirming that Su Feng and the general would not fight for the time being, Yae no Miko simply chose to give up – she was exhausted from organizing a defense line to guard against the demons under the command of the evil gods.

She was so exhausted that even her favorite fried tofu had lost its flavor.

Now that the two most important tall guys are out of the woods for the time being, this fox should be able to slack off a bit... right?

Just as the fox was getting ready to take a good rest, her drooping tail suddenly twitched. Then, realizing something, she looked dejectedly at a small, short figure that had appeared in front of the castle tower at some unknown time.

"The Thunder Kingdom has collapsed? I didn't expect the Fools to send you back."

Upon seeing the life form she and her old friend had forged together, Yae no Miko felt completely dumbfounded—was even the laws of nature contemplating punishing her? Throwing this incredibly awkward fellow back to Inazuma... Miko seriously doubted whether this guy could survive under the shogun's command and see those demonic beasts driven by evil gods.

Given his personality, he's more likely to be killed by his own people first.

Thinking of this, Yae no Miko looked at General Raiden with some worry. She was really afraid that the general would draw his sword and prepare to dismantle the scattered soldiers at the slightest provocation.

That would truly be a diplomatic incident.

"The country is collapsing? When did you become a person of the dead of winter?"

The general was of course aware of this 'predecessor' who had been born before him, but as a tool that was perfect for the Shadow, the general did not care much about a piece of waste that was not even qualified as a container for the Heart of God.

But no matter what, he was still a discarded product of the Shadow, who suddenly escaped Inazuma and joined another faction without permission—this was not something the Shogun could easily let go of.

It was precisely because Yae no Miko understood this that she became nervous. After all, once the general made a decision, even she might not be able to change his mind.

After all, even sophistry has its limits, and besides, the general is just rigid, not really stupid.

"Hmph, what, do you intend to drag me back again?"

"I am here representing the Ice Queen of Winter. If you take me away, the Fools who came to support Inazuma will not be so obedient."

"So, what do you think? A perfect doll. If it were like this, what choice would you make?"

Perhaps because they encountered General Thunder, the already terrible character of the skirmisher was unleashed a hundredfold or even a thousandfold in his wicked nature at this moment.

He was like a venomous snake, recklessly spewing his venom at the general, even harboring a malicious hope of seeing some remorse from the general.

If that's the case, he will definitely use every means to humiliate that regret or something else.

Unfortunately, even the stragglers knew this was impossible. Neither the Shadow nor the General would simply choose to compromise. Moreover, he did have a protective charm now, but if he took himself too seriously, he probably wouldn't have a good ending.

As expected, after hearing the soldier's words, the general merely glanced at him expressionlessly, and then a dazzling purple lightning bolt suddenly entered his body. When faced with this lightning bolt, the soldier did not put up any resistance—he knew that resistance was useless, and he also knew that the lightning general would not choose to eliminate him in such a near-sneak attack manner.

If it truly wanted to kill him, it would simply pick up the naginata openly and announce his death in a calm voice.

As it turned out, the soldier's idea was correct; when the sudden lightning entered his body, it did not tear him to pieces.