Because the Water Dragon is the original elemental creature of Teyvat, the 'heart' of the primordial sea, and controls the power that created all things.

While Su Chen's templates are powerful, they are all for causing destruction. It would be easy for him to blow up Fengdan, but to save Fengdan and its people, a 'tailored approach' is needed.

Besides that, saving the water god was even more difficult.

During the simulation, Su Chen had already imagined what crimes the Water God and the Fontaine people had committed to deserve such punishment from Heaven.

Those who are guilty must be tried; this is the rule of order.

Fucarus wanted to atone for his sins with his death and return the power of the ancient dragon to Navelette, so that the latter could save the people of Fontaine and complete the salvation of Fontaine under the execution of the prophecy.

Death is the consequence of being convicted of a crime.

From this perspective, Su Chen, as the rule writer, clearly understands what to do.

But before that, he needed to know exactly what crimes the water god had committed.

Why do the people of Fontainebleau dissolve in the seawater of the fetus?

According to Navelette, the Primordial Sea of ​​the Womb has been suppressed beneath the Mero Peterburg prison. This prison was originally built by Egolia to provide a habitat for those who were tried but still qualified to live, and then entrusted them with the responsibility of guarding the Primordial Sea of ​​the Womb. Today, the existence of the Sea of ​​the Womb has become a secret, known only to a few.

Clearly, the people of Fontainebleau are different from ordinary people.

"It's a pity that the power of the Void Treasury cannot be used for the time being, otherwise I could catch a Fengdan person and study it properly." The Void Treasury contains all the principles, so perhaps it could really be successful.

But then, thinking of Ergolia, he suddenly remembered something else.

He asked someone to ask Frynn for leave on his behalf, and then teleported back to Mondstadt.

Compared to Fontaine, which is currently in the midst of the lively atmosphere of the All-Encompassing Ceremony, Mondstadt is much calmer. However, since they recently worshipped Socrates, the God of a Thousand Winds, the atmosphere has not yet completely dissipated.

The streets and alleys are still decorated with festive items.

Su Chen entered the Knights' headquarters.

"Ah, Inspector General, what brings you back?" The knight guarding the door was startled.

Su Chen said unhappily, "What are you talking about? Can't I come back?"

"Uh, no... sorry."

The knight quickly bowed.

It was so sudden! Who would have thought the Inspector General would come to work again? According to Commander Qin, Inspector General Su Chen is now mainly in charge of Mondstadt's diplomatic work, so he is usually not in Mondstadt. He is busy building Mondstadt, negotiating business with other countries, and building relationships. He is out and about every day, working hard and making great contributions.

The knights were filled with awe upon hearing this.

Su Chen didn't think much of it, but he felt that the Knights' people were looking at him strangely along the way.

It seemed particularly hot.

This made Su Chen feel very insecure.

Upon entering the building, neither the group leader nor Ke Li was there, but Aunt Lisa was leisurely drinking tea in the library.

“Ask Little Cleo; she hasn’t been here for the past couple of days,” Lisa smiled slightly. “Miss Alice took her out, but we don’t know where they went.”

"I see."

After having a cup of tea at Lisa's place, Su Chen left Mondstadt and arrived in Windrise.

Enter the Garden of Eden.

"Mother is back!"

"Mother!"

The wind sprites all gathered around.

Su Chen greeted them with a smile and asked, "Have you seen Alice and Klee?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a deafening roar echoed from the depths of Eden.

The explosion was very powerful; the entire ground shook.

"Never mind, I know where they are."

Su Chen shook his head secretly.

As they ventured deeper into the lake, they discovered that the lake beside his cabin was still bubbling with bubbles, and at the same time, a large expanse of pale white light appeared on the surface.

A young and excited voice rang out.

"Mom! Look, a fish! It's a big bass!"

"It's there too!"

"Mom, should we put another bomb in?"

Little Klee craned her neck to look into the lake, the waterproof bouncy bomb in her arms already itching for a bite.

"Hehe~ That's fine. If you keep frying them, your dad will be heartbroken when he comes back and sees all these fish. You have to leave some for him to catch, even though he never catches any."

Su Chen: "..."

I heard it, Alice, I heard someone slandering me.

He walked over.

Alice noticed someone approaching, turned her head, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Oops~"

"Hey you, Alice, tell me honestly, is it because you always fry the fish beforehand that I can't catch any?"

"Oops~"

Su Chen said blankly, "Ke Li, play by yourself for a while. I need to talk to your mother about something."

Under the little guy's puzzled gaze, Alice pulled Su Chen into the distant time barrier.

"Mom and Dad must have something important to do, that's why they don't have time to spend with Klee," Klee thought. But it doesn't matter, she can fry fish to her heart's content here, and Mom won't have to worry about her getting caught by Captain Jean anymore!

...

after an hour.

When Keli had finished grilling the third fish, Su Chen and Alice returned to the lakeside.

"Dad, Mom, let's eat fish."

"You guys eat first."

Su Chen smiled and sat on the grass, flipping through the fruits of his hour-long battle—Alice's travel diary.

This is a record from when we traveled to seven countries together.

Su Chen had just remembered something.

When he traveled to Fontainebleau years ago, Alice once told him that "the people of Fontainebleau seem a bit strange." He had almost forgotten what she said, but because Alice had done some research on it for a while (don't ask why she did it, just that Alice found it interesting), Su Chen remembered it.

[On xx day, I noticed that the people of Fontainebleau were a bit strange; they seemed different from normal people. I told Socrates, but he didn't seem to care at all. Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮]

I've decided to stay here and observe for a while.

[...I discovered an interesting place, Lujing Spring. It seems every Fontaine comes here to pray, supposedly as a way to pray for a child, similar to praying to the Asgardians in Liyue.]

[...I realized I was wrong. Lu Jingquan isn't as simple as he seems. There's more to it than meets the eye...]

[...People die and are reborn in a new form...a pure water spirit...it's a pure water spirit, unbelievable! I've discovered an earth-shattering secret!]

[...That idiot Socrates doesn't seem to care at all about my investigation results. Oh well, it seems the water god is also intentionally hiding something.]

The contents of the travelogue surprised Su Chen.

"You did these things in Fontaineble?"

Alice rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "You've been sitting at the beach in Fontainebleau watching people swim, of course you wouldn't notice what I'm doing."

"Uh...no, that's not true."

"What do you say about seeing hot girls in Sumeru?"

Claire asked curiously, "Mommy, what's a 'hot girl'?"

Alice looked at Su Chen with a smile: "Come on, explain this to your daughter."

Klee opened her innocent, childlike eyes wide.

Su Chen thought for a moment and said, "She's my younger sister who's really good at eating spicy food."

Alice: "..."

Okay, is that how you explain it? So, the cowherd is still the eldest son who's really good at herding cattle?

However, seeing that Su Chen had performed well, Alice didn't press the matter further.

She said, "I made further discoveries."

Su Chen continued flipping through the pages.

Alice had already given up on the investigation after discovering that the people of Fontaine were pure water. However, during her stay in Fontaine, a wave broke out in White Song Town, almost flooding half of the town.

At the same time, there are fewer people.

Although official reports later stated that the missing people were swallowed by the sea, it is impossible for them to survive even if they were swept into the waves, and not even a single body could be found.

Strange things always attract Alice.

Thus, through her investigation, she discovered a secret—the people of Fontainebleau dissolve upon touching the waters of the Primordial Sea of ​​Emptiness.

Dissolving is not death, but rather becoming a pure water spirit without a physical body. Consciousness exists in spirit form and cannot condense into a body on its own. It can only be 'reincarnated' through Lu Jingquan, born from the body of a pure water spirit that has been transformed into a human, just like a human giving birth.

This discovery greatly excited Alice, and she came up with a hypothesis—the Fontanians were created by Egolia using the waters of the Primordial Sea of ​​the Dead.

She spent nearly twenty years researching, during which time she discovered the secret of the Tower of Self-Existence, and sneaked in while Egolia wasn't looking, finding the primordial waters of the womb sealed at the bottom.

Finally, in the laboratory she established, Alice successfully created two living beings using the waters of the primordial womb.

But after her success, she suddenly realized that this way of creating life went against the natural order. Not to mention whether the world's logic allowed it, even if it did, the idea of ​​creating life in this way always felt immoral.

So she sealed away the life that was born.

However, in the diary, Su Chen saw that Alice gave the two life forms names: 'Rene' and 'Jacob'.

"You actually did so much? That's strange. Where was I? Where was I at the time?"

Su Chen felt like he didn't remember it.

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