Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Raiden Shin then stepped forward, looked at the bewildered Torachiyo, and smiled slightly, "Me too. After you, little Chiyo, go back to Inazuma first and protect the ordinary people of Inazuma... We are yokai and gods, we are very powerful, but ordinary people are not. They have no power at all. If Kanria sends troops to launch a surprise attack, they will have no power to fight back."

"That's not necessarily true," the Rock King Emperor said softly. "Haven't you already witnessed the power of humans?"

Raiden was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, before silently lowering his head and sighing softly, "Yes, whether it's Kanria or your Thousand Rock Army."

"Many people may die in this war. If the future is unchangeable, then it is not a possibility, but a destiny."

"I want to try."

"To change the past with the future?" asked the Rock King Emperor.

“It’s about changing the present with the future.” Raiden Shin chuckled. “Besides, haven’t we already discovered another world ‘in the tree’? Since space and time can be traversed, it’s not necessarily unchangeable.”

The dialogue between the gods was full of mysteries, and neither the immortals like Gan Yu nor Tiger Chiyo could understand what the two gods were discussing.

“Xiao,” the Rock King Emperor suddenly said.

"Yes." The young immortal carrying the jade spear knelt down.

"My order to you is to guard Dihua Continent and not to leave without permission," said the Rock King Emperor calmly. "However... if there is any change in the Layered Rock Abyss this time, you are permitted to go and provide support. The other immortals are also welcome to help guard the Layered Rock Abyss if they can ensure the safety of their own territories."

Xiao was somewhat bewildered. No matter how you looked at it, Dihua Continent, as a vital trade route, was far more dangerous to be attacked by Kanria than the Laminar Abyss in Liyue's interior. His duty was to guard the north-south trade route of Dihua Continent; how could he possibly abandon it for the so-called Laminar Abyss?

What dangers does a mine face during wartime?

Despite his confusion, Xiao still responded in a deep voice, though he didn't take it to heart.

"Is this all I can do?" King Rock whispered.

“Revealing too much information might lead things to develop in more unexpected ways. That’s enough.” Raiden waved his hand, dismissing all his subordinates, and then said with a smile, “Don’t even think about staying. The Battle of Kanria was a fierce victory even with all seven rulers gathered together, so… it’s hard to say whether we can win or not, let alone try to save our strength, Zhongli.”

Zhongli stood in the courtyard, silent.

“Sometimes it’s better not to know the future at all,” Zhongli sighed.

"But we've already seized the opportunity, haven't we?"

Raiden winked playfully at her beautiful eyes, then casually pulled back a curtain as bright and electric as she was.

"follow me."

This was the power of the God of Thunder, tearing through space and traveling thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, faster than any divine teleportation. Zhongli transformed into the Dragon God, traversing thousands of miles alongside the lightning. Finally, the two of them arrived at Inazuma, at Shadow Mountain.

“I started dreaming a long, long time ago,” Raiden Shin said. “At first, I suspected I had schizophrenia, but then I suddenly realized that if I wanted to know whether I had schizophrenia, all I needed to do was look for things in the memories of the ‘me’ in my dreams that I don’t know now.”

"For example, telegrams?" Zhongli asked.

“Yes, there is no such thing as divinely bestowed knowledge. The principle of this telegraph is proof that my dream is real.” Raiden Shin walked towards the back mountain of Narukami Taisha, which was originally the old gathering place of the first generation of shrine maidens. After the establishment of Narukami Taisha by Kosai-gu and the establishment of the shrine as their home, few people went to the back mountain.

"But what truly proves the reality of dreams is here."

Raiden stopped in the small courtyard behind Narukami Shrine, and Zhongli also looked around.

He was extremely perceptive of his surroundings, so he immediately spotted the large, square metal cabin, about five cubic meters in size, in the corner of the yard.

The reason Zhongli could immediately recognize the blue and white painted metal solid as a "chamber" was because he could see the internal structure. The interior was hollow, and it seemed that someone had already taken the contents out of the chamber.

Zhongli quickly deduced from the appearance of the cabin that it wasn't a product of Teyvat. This intricate and mechanical design clearly didn't fit the Teyvat aesthetic. Even the technologically advanced Canria couldn't create such a device.

But Raiden was already used to this. She didn't go to the metal compartment that had become scrap, but went straight into the old house that used to be the shrine maiden's dormitory.

Pushing open the door, the interior had been renovated and was very clean. Crossing the corridor, on the right was a warm Japanese-style room facing the courtyard and able to bask in the sun. A cradle carefully carved from Yume-moku wood was placed on a beige tatami mat. The air was filled with the faint scent of burning incense, and in the sunlight, you could see the dust swirling slightly inside.

A mature woman dressed in a pure black curtain-style nun's habit knelt humbly beside the cradle, gently rocking it while humming softly.

Sleep peacefully, sleep peacefully, baby.

"Roses adorn your bedside, accompanying you as you fall asleep."

"May the Lord bless you and let you sleep soundly until dawn."

"Rock-a-bye baby, rock-a-bye baby."

"The moonlight shines on the earth, and a gentle breeze blows."

"May the angels stay with you, until the heavens fall."

Zhongli looked at this scene with some confusion, but Lei Dianzhen only stepped forward after the lullaby was finished.

The humble nun did not turn around, but it wasn't until Lei Dianzhen gently patted her shoulder that Zhong Li noticed her figure momentarily blurred, as if the surface of water had been touched.

She wasn't a person at all, but a projection, something like an illusion.

“Miss Zhen, once the 3D projection device runs out of energy, his growth will depend entirely on you,” the nun said softly. “Each time Eve dies, his physiology will regress to one year old. At this time, he has almost no memory or thinking ability. So, Miss Zhen, when he grows up, remember to tell him that his home is not here.”

"What if I don't tell him?" Raiden chuckled. "A child who truly believes he is a Teyvat seems... more in my interest, doesn't he? I'll raise him to be the ruler of Inazuma, he could even be the next Thor after me. Aren't you... jealous?"

The nun remained silent for a while, her eyes still closed. Despite her breathtaking beauty, she did not open her eyes, but spoke softly.

“Miss Zhen, you are lying. You wouldn’t do that.”

"How can I see it?"

“You know it’s pointless to do this,” the nun said softly. “Eve has the blood of the earth, and everything she has will forever belong to the earth, to the continent of Mu, to the Moths of Fire, and also to…me.”

"You placed 'precepts' on him?"

“I have no intention of forcing others, but… Eve is different.” The nun said calmly with her eyes closed, “This is the only time I have ever imposed a ‘commandment’ on someone else without considering their will, because he has no right to choose. Eve is my product and a creation of the Moth of Fire… He has his own responsibilities to fulfill, and I must make him… love the Earth.”

"So you killed him with your own hands?" Raiden Shin narrowed his eyes.

“No,” the nun looked up, and Raiden saw that she had finally opened her beautiful, alluring eyes, which were now filled with tears. Raiden was stunned for a moment.

“He begged me to kill him.” Tears streamed down the nun’s face. “How could I do it? But he begged me… He forgot everything, lost everything, so he came to me… Fifty thousand years have passed, and I am about to kill the one who called me Mother Aponia… Eve.”

Lei Dian didn't know what to say, so he could only look at Zhong Li.

In fact, both of them were completely bewildered.

But at that moment, Lei Dian suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

“Wait, but you’re here now, and what you’re saying… he can understand, right?” Raiden looked at the nun who was crying silently, and suddenly realized, “You… are using this method to let him know… that you are his…”

The screen suddenly flickered.

Shen Liang clutched his head, feeling as if the whole world was spinning. Beside him, he heard the anxious voice of Ayaka Kamisato, along with the shouts of many people—a chaotic mess, and the sound of ocean waves… Yes, he was on the docks of Liyue Harbor; there was indeed the sea here.

His vision was filled with red warning signals; the system's frantic error messages filled his entire field of vision—illegal operations, information leaks—a cacophony of deafening alarms that made it hard to breathe. He swayed, leaning on someone for support, head down, touching his nose, and noticing his hand was red…

But what was that scene just now? Who was it? What were they trying to do? That cradle…who made that cradle? Who slept in it? Who was rocking it? That nun…why didn't that nun turn around? No! Let me see it again! Let me see again who that nun is and what she looks like! I don't want to go back to reality right now, let me fucking see it again!

The floor tiles of Liyue Harbor intertwined with the image of the tatami room in the memories of the Hyperdimensional Dimension. Shen Liang struggled to lift his head, and the scene before him was like two overlapping slides playing at the same time in the dual world... He struggled to see the person's appearance.

The weeping nun finally turned her head slowly.

"I hope that the next time you see me, you will remember my name."

The image flickers and is blurry.

"Even if it's Yingjie, we...we're really...afraid...of being...left behind by you..."

It was pitch black.

Shen Liang could no longer hold back and collapsed. In the end, all he could see was the nun's long, light-colored bangs along her cheeks.

“Aponia…Mom…”

Chapter Fifteen: Long Time No See, Liang

Shen Liang couldn't remember how many times she had felt dizzy.

But when I got up, I was no longer in a carriage, but in an indoor space about five meters high, with an unfamiliar wooden ceiling and horizontal and vertical window frames with a strong Chinese feel.

He touched his nose and found some dried blood crusts inside. Then, quite unceremoniously, he reached in and picked the crusts out.

As a descendant of dragons, Shen Liang possesses exceptional regenerative abilities, and the ever-flowing Transformation Moon within his body will rapidly heal his injuries. Therefore, he need not worry about tearing open the wound and causing secondary bleeding when forcefully expelling the scabs, as the bleeding point may already be healed.

However, his body was still very weak, like a worker who had collapsed on the floor after exhaustion and was called back to work after only a minute of rest. Shen Liang used the Transformation Sea Moon technique to check his body and found that there were no functional problems, just simple fatigue.

Or, to put it another way, it's excessive mental exertion, or, in internet slang, brain overload.

Each time he shared memories with Raiden, it consumed a great deal of his mental energy, but this time the amount of information he saw was particularly overwhelming. The moment his brain could barely cope was when the scene shifted to the small courtyard of Shadow Mountain, to the mature woman in a ceremonial nun's habit beside the cradle.

The moment he saw the woman, his head throbbed with pain; it was as if his brain was vehemently opposing his view of her. And it wasn't just his brain that was protesting; his system seemed to malfunction as well, reporting errors the instant the woman appeared in his field of vision.

Shen Liang didn't know who she was, didn't even see what she looked like, and couldn't even remember her name. The only thing he remembered was that she was a woman.

"System," Shen Liang roared.

Information breach has occurred. Information breach has occurred. Information breach has occurred.

The bright red text flashed repeatedly in my field of vision, and it was irrelevant to the question.

"What are you hiding from me? What exactly is the Eve Project? Why are you making me search for so-called Stigmata Compatibles all day long in Teyvat? What are you trying to do?" Shen Liang suppressed his aching brain, trying his best to keep his emotions calm to avoid another mental breakdown. "Other people's systems give the protagonist a goal, but you only give me a plan? Even if you want to use me and then eliminate me, at least give me some information. Am I supposed to resist you?"

[Please expedite the Teyvat exploration process.]

All it ever does is coldly say, "Accelerate the exploration process!" Shen Liang was almost laughing at this broken system that didn't give any prerequisites whatsoever!

It's like playing a game without a main quest! Even though the system hasn't done anything to harm him, the mystery behind it is so obvious. It's not exactly hidden, but it's subtly hooking you, making Shen Liang's mentality almost collapse.

However, since the system refused to reveal anything, Shen Liang could only figure it out himself.

It is obvious that Raiden Shin from 500 years ago has already shared her dual memories with her. She has clearly obtained information from 500 years in the future, and even knows the outcome of the Kanria War.

But through her efforts, she has found a variable, such as the blue and white space capsule.