Genshin Impact, all those behind-the-scenes big shots are me

The familiar scene shifts, room messages, and human perspective disappear, replaced by a peculiar change in perspective.

How to describe this feeling? Simply put, the human field of vision is at most about 180 degrees, but Su Chen can now see 360 ​​degrees, with no blind spots in the left, right, up, or down.

You were born, becoming a lightning elemental spirit in this world.

"Is this the elemental spirit template? It's way too weak!"

Su Chen could even zoom out to see himself. From this perspective, he found himself to be a tiny purple ball of light with little power. He was called a lightning spirit, but at most he could only crackle a small bolt of lightning, which was extremely weak.

When you were one year old, you stayed in your own territory and didn't go out.

At age two, you thought the outside world was too scary and continued to stay at home.

When you were three years old, you were still at home.

[Four years old...]

[Five years old...]

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At ten years old, you thought you'd go out for a walk, but as soon as you stepped outside, a terrifying scream startled you so much that you decided to wait.

"..."

"What the hell? Ten years have already passed?"

Although elemental spirits can generally live for a long time, the difference is so great that Su Chen can hardly accept it compared to the scenes of large-scale battles every year during the previous simulations.

The main problem is that elves' concept of time is too different from humans', and he needs to adapt to that.

As a result, another ten years passed during this adaptation period.

At twenty, you find yourself becoming stronger, so you decide to venture out into the world.

You left the cradle that nurtured you and came to a mountain where there were no ferocious beasts, which made you feel at ease.

[Using your elemental spirit intuition, you've found a place filled with lightning.]

[You have begun to absorb lightning elemental power to grow.]

At twenty-one, you've become stronger.

At twenty-two, you've become stronger.

At twenty-three, you've become stronger.

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Because Su Chen was too weak at this moment, even with his heaven-defying devouring ability, he couldn't devour much at once and could only slowly wear him down.

After eight years of devouring, it finally consumed all the lightning elements in this area.

At the same time, Su Chen felt his small ball of light grow two or three times larger, and his power increased to the point where he could drive lightning to split trees.

"This is so damn hard..."

If I had known this would happen, would I have chosen the "diligence can make up for lack of talent" option and then found a place to hide away?

At thirty, you encountered a ferocious monster that chased you for three days and three nights. In the end, you escaped using a Stand user.

You arrive at an unknown place, an underground space, dark and gloomy. You try to emit lightning to illuminate your surroundings, which is quite difficult for an elemental spirit.

"This is damn difficult. Can I commit suicide now and wait until next month's simulation?"

Su Chen had an urge to smash his head against a wall and die.

The monster that was chasing him before could be easily crushed in real life without even needing a human emperor template, but here it's become the boss. It's truly a case of a tiger fallen into the plains being bullied by dogs.

Because it's too dangerous outside, you decide to hide here. But you soon discover the malice lurking in the darkness. As an elemental spirit, your eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary creatures, and you see terrifying dragon lizards hiding in the shadows.

They spotted you and tried to attack you. You unleashed a lightning attack, but it wasn't very effective. However, you soon discovered that these lizards seemed to be afraid of light, so you used all your strength to shine, finally driving them all away.

Inside the cave.

Seeing the dragon lizard completely gone, Su Chen breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"These guys must be deep-sea dragon lizards."

On the map of Inazuma, the deep-sea dragon lizard is a relatively common species. However, they only live underground and are afraid of light. Su Chen remembered that in the information of Yuanxia Palace, Baiye Kingdom once created the Great Sun Imperial Carriage to fight against the deep-sea dragon lizard.

As natives of the Teyvat continent, the power of the deep-sea dragon lizards is beyond doubt. Moreover, each elemental dragon lizard will give birth to a dragon king. However, after the arrival of the Heavenly Law, the seven dragon kings were suppressed, some died and some fled, and there are few left in the world at present.

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen decided to stay here and give it a try.

He's too weak right now; if he encounters any monster outside, he'll have to run away. Although this place is dangerous, he can emit light, and light is the best weapon here.

You've traveled a long time, finally finding a place where dragon lizards don't appear, and settled down.

At thirty-one, the tides surged, the earth's veins erupted, and countless elemental forces surged forth. Overjoyed, you frantically absorbed this energy to grow stronger.

[The leyline energy eruption lasted for nearly a month, greatly enhancing your strength. However, this was followed by a violent surge of deep-sea dragon lizards, who also seemed to be affected by the leyline power, becoming extremely dangerous.]

Although you feel you've become stronger, you're still outnumbered, so you decide to stay home and not go out.

At thirty-three, the effects of the ley lines have completely subsided. You leave your home and begin exploring this underground space. Soon, you discover a dragon lizard's nest. You see dragon lizards fighting; the two dragon lizards are exceptionally large and can unleash powerful lightning and frost. Furthermore, the area is surrounded by deep-sea dragon lizards, but they merely watch.

Like wild beasts vying for the throne of their kind, the contest between these two deep-sea lizards ended with the lizard that spewed frost emerging victorious. It killed its opponent, became the king of the group of deep-sea lizards, and then commanded its minions to leave.

"A tribal way of life, huh?"

Su Chen watched all of this quietly.

He had seen this kind of royal selection battle before in the last simulation. Human tribes used this method when selecting their chieftains. Although it was cruel, that world was inherently cruel. If you weren't ruthless, you would only face the fate of being killed.

However, Su Chen was born with a kingly aura, having been chosen as the next clan leader immediately after birth, so he didn't need to fight anyone.

Once the group of deep-sea dragon lizards had completely left, Su Chen controlled his body and slowly floated down from the air.

The dead deep-sea lizard remained where it was, ignored by everyone.

Su Chen used Devour on the corpse.

The next moment, it tried to transform into specks of light and slowly merge into his body.

"Thanks to the last ley line energy surge, I evolved a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to devour this deep-sea dragon lizard at all."

The power began to expand within Su Chen's body. He could feel that this absorption was extremely intense, almost bursting his body. Fortunately, his golden talent was not just for show. After nearly an hour of 'digestion,' Su Chen, with his large belly, was full.

[You have devoured the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard, increasing your strength and lightning abilities.]

With a thought, Su Chen caused the light sphere to change, transforming into the shape of a deep-sea dragon lizard in the next moment.

Devouring allows one to acquire the target's abilities. In the case of this deep-sea dragon lizard, its abilities naturally include its combat instincts as a dragon lizard. In other words, Su Chen can now perfectly replicate the performance that a deep-sea dragon lizard should have.

"interesting."

Su Chen smiled slightly and stepped into the darkness.

[You transform into a deep-sea dragon lizard and blend into a group of lizards. Simultaneously, you use your Stand ability to create a separate body to search for targets to devour. Using this method, you 'collect' three deep-sea dragon lizards that died in the fighting.]

In this underground space, the deep-sea dragon lizard is the absolute ruler; any living creature that enters will be torn to shreds by them.

After a year of exploration, you have gradually figured out the situation of the entire underground space. You discovered that the deep-sea dragon lizard population mainly consists of three large tribes, corresponding to the three elemental forces of water, ice, and lightning, respectively. The three tribes have divided their respective areas, while the deep-sea dragon lizards on the outer perimeter are more mixed, often existing in small groups.

[At thirty-five, through devouring and evolution, your strength has reached the level of a minor elite dragon lizard. You have also defeated your competitors and become the king of a small tribe.]

At thirty-six, you begin leading your underlings to conquer the underground. Competition exists among the dragon lizards as they vie for territory; whoever is strongest gains control of the land resources.

Soon, you discover that the dragon lizards are not only seizing territory to demonstrate their power; this underground space contains many special elemental deposits, and the elemental energy within serves as the dragon lizards' best nourishment, allowing them to grow stronger by absorbing this energy.

Thanks to your efforts, your small group has grown rapidly, soon exceeding one hundred. Your strength has been recognized by the dragon lizards, who affectionately call you 'Kado,' meaning the king of the dragon lizards.

"Your Majesty, if they knew my identity, they would probably gang up on me."

Su Chen shook his head secretly.

These elemental-headed beings are quite simple-minded. Although they possess intelligence, it is not high. However, he is currently only wandering around the outskirts of the three major dragon lizard tribes, and the strength of those he has encountered is generally weak.

Your subordinates have secured a territory with an extremely high concentration of elemental energy for you.

The dragon lizard army marched into the elemental 'pool' in a grand procession.

This place is rich in lightning elemental power. According to Su Chen's understanding, the earth vein power in this area seems to erupt frequently. Over time, some special places have formed elemental deposits. The elemental power concentration in these places is extremely high, which greatly helps the dragon lizard's evolution.

In fact, this kind of elemental deposit can be seen in many places on the Teyvat continent, such as the siltation points I first encountered in Mondstadt. However, the elemental deposits on the surface are far less than those underground, so at that time they could only attract small things like Hilichurl slimes.

The dragon lizards are arranged in two rows in the elemental pool. As the king, you have the right to go in and 'bathe' first.

[You have stepped into the place where elemental energy is most concentrated, and have begun to absorb lightning elemental energy to evolve.]

In the darkness, the passage of time is indistinguishable.

After an unknown amount of time, a notification sound suddenly rang out.

[You have initiated an evolutionary path—Deep-Sea Dragon Lizard.]

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Chapter 61 Su Chen's Dragon King Evolution Path, Aurobas's Kindness [8k5 votes requested]

"The evolutionary path of the deep-sea dragon lizard?"

Su Chen raised his eyebrows.

This thing should be the ability activated by the Devouring Talent. As for why it's a deep-sea dragon lizard, it's simple: it hasn't devoured anything else.

After studying it for a while, Su Chen discovered that the evolutionary path was constantly extending. By devouring a certain creature and continuously improving a certain type of ability, one could continue to evolve until the limit of that ability was reached.

What are the limits of the deep-sea dragon lizard?

The answer is obvious.

"If I keep evolving along this path, I'll eventually become the Dragon King, right?"

"Thunder Dragon King, come to think of it, there doesn't seem to be any information about him in the game."

Since there were no other options, and given the high potential of the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard, Su Chen was happy to continue evolving along this path.

If they truly reach the level of the Seven Dragon Kings, their strength would be no weaker than that of the Seven Gods, and might even be stronger.

You have initiated the evolutionary path of the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard.