Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

As time went on, the issues remained unresolved, and discontent grew among the protesters. Beneath the Coral Palace, two major factions gradually formed and dominated the confrontation:

The group is divided into two factions: the "Extreme Serpent God Faction" and the "Local Conservative Faction," which unites a portion of the local indigenous people; and the "Foreign Reform Faction," led by Jiang Ming and comprised of outsiders who follow the leadership of the Coral Palace.

What's really strange is that, although they are all nominally under the Coral Palace and Xin Hai is the "Current Human God Priestess", in reality, the local faction no longer listens to Xin Hai, while the outside faction still respects Xin Hai's leadership.

In the process of confrontation between the two factions, the public opinion of the "local conservatives" gradually began to spiral out of control and become extreme.

Some people started clamoring to destroy the machines and drive the workers away.

They believe that machines have made their lives worse.

There are indeed signs that the protesters are moving toward the industrial area.

This startled Jiang Ming, Xin Hai, and the others.

What's the difference between this and taking away their lifeblood?

Playing around is fine, but don't joke about industrial areas.

They hastily drew a group of elite troops, already equipped with firearms and having undergone some training, from the newly formed 101st Division to protect key areas.

They also began to purge suspected "local conservative" forces within the 101st Division, making the 101st Division more reliable.

Ok.

The 101st Division was named in this way at Jiang Ming's strong suggestion.

Jiang Ming strongly opposed Xin Hai's proposal to name the newly formed unit "Swordfish Second Squad".

Xin Hai expressed his deep regret over this.

After that, when negotiations failed to reach a consensus, Jiang Ming made a mistake in order to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

He decided to recall the troops at the front, which were led by pragmatists, had weaker factional power, and were confronting the shogunate army.

Then, these forces of the "local conservatives" were transferred to the front lines to confront the shogunate army, or even launch attacks.

From Jiang Ming's perspective, his original intention was to divert attention from internal conflicts through foreign wars.

Moreover, judging from his consistent thinking, since these members of the "local conservatives" are so eager to fight the shogunate army and storm the castle tower, then so be it and let them fight.

At the same time, they also prepared to dominate local public opinion, and when the time came, they would exaggerate the threat of the Shogunate army and the conflict on the front lines to divert people's attention and put pressure on them to make peace talks.

This was not uncommon in ancient history; many dynasties adopted this method when faced with similar situations.

After all, a higher-ranking official can have absolute power, and they have the moral high ground to back them up.

The other party must either comply or rebel.

Since they openly support Xin Hai, surely they won't rebel?

That's what Jiang Ming was thinking.

Xin Hai, perhaps genuinely overwhelmed by these problems and with negative energy, began to give up, or perhaps desperately seeking any solution, actually agreed.

As soon as they made the decision, Xin Hai and Jiang Ming began communicating with both sides in Daoqi City through the newspaper's channels to discuss their next steps and avoid any misunderstandings.

However, one thing Jiang Ming is unaware of so far is the stress response these people have.

Moreover, even a native rabbit like him couldn't understand these people's way of thinking.

This is the mistake Jiang Ming made.

An empirical error.

Jiang Ming's actions were viewed differently by these local conservatives.

These people were then divided into three factions.

One group genuinely wanted to go up and give it a try.

However, the number of people is not large.

Another thing is...

"They're sending us to our deaths!"

They may talk a big game, but don't they know their own limitations? How can we really send them to their deaths?!

How dare you?!

Some people believe that this is just an excuse to divert their military forces so that they can be dealt with.

Especially since Jiang Ming and his team had previously mobilized a number of troops from the 101st Division to be stationed there.

This is even more suspicious!

With this in mind, they discussed it and decided to take advantage of the situation and strike first.

They redeployed troops, but not to the front lines.

Instead, they were transferred to their current area of ​​actual control.

The large-scale troop movement did not escape the notice of Xin Hai and Jiang Ming.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

In response to these new troops, Jiang Ming also mobilized another batch of men.

Almost the entire 101st Division, equipped with firearms and having undergone some training, arrived.

The two sides began a standoff on Haigi Island.

Secondly, they engage in daily verbal battles in newspapers and flyers.

This situation continued for some time until the Southern Cross fleet of the Big Dipper visited Haiji Island.

Seemingly wary of the Southern Cross fleet's strength, both sides fell into a brief silence during this period, neither taking any further action.

Chapter 77 Hokuto the Musician and Her Musician Sailor

"That's the situation, boss."

Anxin placed the newspaper he was holding on the table.

"I have a feeling that if we hadn't arrived in time, these two groups might have already started fighting."

Beidou continued reading the newspaper articles, frowning, with the expression of an elderly person using a mobile phone on the subway.

Wen Chen, on the other side, chimed in.

"I feel the same way; the intensity of the language in these newspapers is increasing almost daily."

Initially, the focus was simply on criticizing their actions and demanding a halt, but the cause and course of events remained unclear. Later, the investigation focused on the murder, and such significant events began to be revealed.

Now, based on the newspaper articles from the days before we arrived, the development of events has been described in considerable detail, almost completely publicized, and then refuted and condemned those extremists point by point. It's practically a manifesto against a traitor.

"No, that's not right!"

After Wen Chen finished expressing his opinion, he began to contradict himself.

He pointed to the newspaper in Beidou's hand.

That was the newspaper published the day before they arrived in Inazuma.

"Look, they clearly outlined the cause, process, and current situation of the incident. An authoritative figure stepped forward to explain the reasons and necessity for refusing to agree to the local faction's conditions. Then, they publicly accused the local faction of violating the Snake God's faith and betraying the [Current Human God Priestess]. Finally, they called on everyone in the Coral Palace's controlled area to oppose these extremists."

"This is clearly a proclamation against the traitors."

He used a more accurate and appropriate way of putting it.

"They repeatedly mentioned those machines and so-called 'guns' in the newspapers, which should be those novel-looking firearms. If these extremists were to gain control of them, it would have irreversible consequences. It seems that they really value these things."

Wen Chen stroked his chin, pondering how to assess their level of attention.

How to describe it?

"How could we not take it seriously? You saw it when we visited. The big sister said that the generator is comparable to the Electro Hypostasis. Not to mention the machine tools and the processing efficiency, they are top-notch. They are far superior to the old masters and apprentices in the blacksmith shops in Blackrock Depths or Liyue Harbor who can do the hammering and tinkering."

"If these extremists were to take control, what would happen once they had everything they needed?"

An Xin didn't wait for Wen Chen to think before stating his opinion.

No one, except these extremists, would be satisfied if these extremists were in power.

Needless to say, Coral Palace will be the one to be overthrown, and they certainly won't be happy about it.

Kujo Takayuki of the shogunate was certainly not happy either; he wanted a suitable target, not a gun that was always thinking about killing him.

Although Haizhi Island no longer listens to him, they know what's good for them.

What can these extremists do?

Ayato Kamisato wouldn't be happy either. What he wanted was a force to oppose Takayuki Kujo, so that he could take action in the name of the Shogun, rather than overthrowing the shogunate and denying the Raiden Shogun.

Yae no Miko... um... a fun person, hard to say.

As for the people of Haegei Island, even among the local residents, only a minority participated in the protest.

These few people's opinions do not represent the mainstream at all.

Most people still prefer the Coral Palace, where they have been well-fed.

So everyone is against it. What are these people thinking, daring to cause trouble to this extent?

"I wonder how powerful those 'spears' really are, and how much they differ from the white-tasseled spears of our Liyue Thousand Rock Army. Judging from how seriously and tense they seem, they probably aren't too bad, right?"

An Xin then spoke to himself for a while.

"Compared to the White Tassel Spear? That's not right. Although they're both called spears, they're not the same thing at all. Judging from their appearance, they should be compared to the Fatui's Elemental Firearm. That would be more reasonable."

"Well, to be fair..."

"Alright, alright, you two idiots, stop arguing."

Beidou put down his newspaper, stopping the two from arguing any further, and rubbed his temples.

She looked at the contents and was completely baffled, unable to understand what these extremists were thinking.

It’s really a headache.