I'm in Genshin Impact, and I started by teaming up with Luna.

Ying, while being relentlessly suppressed by Wu Qiu, stared blankly at the crazed Wu Qiu before her. She didn't know why, even though the person opposite her was a demon, and an extremely ferocious one at that, why couldn't she feel any hostility towards him? Why didn't she sense any killing intent? Why couldn't she raise her sword against him?

As time passed, Ying remained in a daze until finally, when the time was almost up, Wu Qiu heard the system's voice.

"ten"

Wu Qiu's demonic energy surged, transforming him into a demon, a great demon, who roared ferociously as he charged towards Ying.

"Nine"

Seeing this, Ying also abandoned all her worries, raised her sword, aimed it at Wu Qiu, and rushed over.

They didn't run fast, but time, following their footsteps, kept moving forward.

"Fives"

They are not far away now.

"three"

They were already very close at this distance.

"two"

Ying seemed to have already sensed the powerful aura of the man opposite him, as well as his overwhelming demonic energy. He could even clearly see the man's expression.

"One"

Finally, they collided, but Ying froze, staring blankly ahead. Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and in that moment, too much happened.

Ying saw that at that final moment, the overwhelming demonic energy before her vanished, completely disappearing in an instant. With her own strength, she knew she would be easily killed by the opponent, but Ying felt her sword easily pierce through that person's body, and at the same time, a warm embrace enveloped her.

Held in that person's arms, Ying didn't struggle. The embrace was warm, so comforting, yet for some reason, Ying's heart ached terribly.

She stared blankly ahead with her eyes wide open, and a tear unknowingly slid gently down her cheek.

Time seemed to stand still, yet tears still streamed down my face. But if you could see them, you would see scenes flashing through my mind.

"Hello, my name is Ying, I will not attack you anymore."

"Hello, my name is Wu Qiu, and I come from the M78 Nebula..."

"Sister Ying, you just said you'd protect me from now on, so I'm sticking with you."

"Fine, you dare to play me!"

"Sister Ying, this is for you. It's my family heirloom, and it has the power to provide disaster relief and ward off evil spirits..."

"I have a feeling you're lying to me."

"No way, Sister Ying, I never lie."

"Drink! Only after you recover can you continue your grand scheme of building a harem! I'm still waiting to become one of your wives!"

"Sister Ying, I was wrong! I was just joking! No, it was just drunken ramblings, it wasn't true..."

"I will take this Wind Trace sword and protect you forever."

"It's so great to be able to hide behind Sister Ying..."

Ying: "Xiao Qiuzi, let's be together."

Wu Qiu: "Hmm..."

Wu Qiu: "Sister Ying, let's get married after the war is over."

Ying: "Hmm..."

As tears fell to the ground, Ying heard Wu Qiu's voice for the last time.

"I once dreamed of walking with you through the palace, of longing for you, of holding your hand, and of spending my life with you. On the glass lilies of that night, we left behind our beautiful memories."

"I'm sorry, I can't do any more of this. I can't accompany you on your future journey. My journey has come to an end..."

"Goodbye, Sister Ying, goodbye, my love..."

Ying's body had begun to tremble, her eyes still fixed straight ahead, the pain in her heart causing her voice to tremble uncontrollably.

"Xiao, Xiao Qiuzi..."

An incense stick's time had passed, and it was all too late. Time seemed to resume in an instant. Their bodies intertwined, and Wu Qiu's body went limp, collapsing to the ground. All his aura dissipated; struck by the snow forest without any power, everything on Wu Qiu's body was destroyed. The demonic seed, deliberately struck head-on by Wu Qiu, had all its life force dissipated, and he was dead.

Ying staggered a few steps to regain her balance, then stood there blankly. Her eyes were trembling, and her body was trembling too.

Kong rushed over and helped her up.

"Ying, are you alright, Ying? You..."

Ying turned around and saw that Kong's expression was unchanged, very stiff, as if she were in a daze. But tears kept streaming down her face.

Although Ying's face showed no sadness, her tears flowed uncontrollably, creating an eerie effect on her blank expression.

"Ying, why are you crying? You..."

Kong was somewhat worried. Ying, however, shook her head listlessly, her voice trembling as she spoke, "I don't know, brother, I don't know. My heart aches so much, so much, but I..."

As she spoke, Ying suddenly clutched her head and wailed in agony, as images flashed through her mind. Her eyes filled with pain and a hint of madness. She looked up at Wu Qiu lying there, her voice choked with sobs as she spoke with difficulty.

"Little, little...little, little Qiuzi..."

Looking at the blood-stained knife in her hand, Ying threw it away and rushed over like a madwoman. She picked up Wu Qiu from the ground, and at that moment, Ying's mind finally broke down.

"What did I do! Why did this happen! Xiao Qiuzi! Xiao Qiuzi, wake up! Wake up!"

She screamed like a madwoman, but what was the use? Nothing. By the time she thought of Wu Qiu, an incense stick had already burned out. The love that allowed her to break free from the system's control was truly great, but it was too late; everything was too late.

Looking at Ying, who was wailing and crying incessantly, the system shook its head, and then used its power again to completely erase all of Wu Qiu's memories from her mind.

Feeling her memories being erased, Ying shook her head and roared, "No! I don't want to forget him! You promised me! You promised you wouldn't erase Xiao Qiuzi, why did you lie to me! Why did you erase him! He saved everyone, he was the one who shouldn't have died..."

Whether it was due to excessive grief or the forceful resistance to the system, Ying's body went limp, and she eventually fainted.

Looking at everything on the screen, Noelle cried. Beside her, Yaotian and Zhongli stood silently. They didn't know what to say. If Wu Qiu didn't die, then this world was doomed.

For the sake of this world, they should have wanted Wu Qiu dead. But how could their hearts remain calm when they saw Ying's desperate cries and the lifeless Wu Qiu?

Just as Ying shouted at the end, Wu Qiu was the one who should never have died.

Noel cried bitterly, heartbroken, and between sobs she said, "Even if it means Akiko's death, why couldn't you even give him a little time? They still had a wedding they were supposed to have..."

The war ended, and Teyvat returned to its former glory, with people singing the praises of its heroes. But one of them was forever missing. Perhaps only those who had been in contact with him could find a trace of him in their dying memories, but no trace would remain.

Just like in Mondstadt many years later, when Jean was at the end of her life, she looked back on her life and saw that figure for the last time, she shed a tear and then gave some advice to the little girl who had grown up in front of her.

"Klee, in the future there will be someone you may not know, but if he reaches out to you, please, don't refuse him..."

Time flows on, and the heroes of that war are celebrated by generations. The stone giants erected on the land of Liyue are the pillars that support the entire world.

The Geo Archon avatar who roams the lands of Liyue always wears a broken bead around his neck.

In Inazuma, next to the Thousand Hands and Hundred Eyes statue, there was a huge stone statue. It was a tanuki, a chubby and very cute tanuki.

The figure of Yae no Miko stood quietly before the stone statue, looking at him, her voice calmly rising in the breeze, calm yet carrying a different kind of emotion.

"Why do you insist on doing it even when you can't? Little one, do you know how much I want to hug you again?"

The stone statue stands on the land of Inazuma, its story enduring through the ages. When children ask about it, some say he was a wicked, lewd cat, others a bewitching monster, but everyone knows he was a hero of that war…

Regardless of the rumors, it was all over. But people suddenly noticed a figure on a road between Hidden Stone City and Mondstadt. Behind that figure was another person. They walked aimlessly along the road, day and night.

Some people called her a fool, but people found that she seemed to be the hero.

Nobody knows why she was there, and nobody cares.

Fifty years later...

When Ying returned to the place where Wu Qiu had come into this world, a flicker of emotion crossed her eyes, but it quickly faded. She said nothing, turned to leave, and decided to walk this path once more.

She had lost count of how many times this had happened, but she didn't care, because only in this way could she possibly remember him.

However, this time she was stopped. Ying and Kong looked at the system and Noelle standing in front of them, but they were not too surprised.

"Sister Ying..."

Noelle spoke. Her eyes were lifeless, devoid of any emotion; she didn't even look at them.

The system restored Ying's memories. A glimmer of life returned to Ying's eyes, but it quickly faded back to its listless state.

She wanted to cry, but she had long since run out of tears.

"Why are you doing this? You've been walking this path for so many years, which is impressive, I must admit. You can remember him. But, from a minute at the beginning to an instant now, are you still going to keep going?"

The system spoke. Ying finally glanced at him, then said calmly, "I killed Xiao Qiuzi. I killed him, do you understand?"

A simple question, yet it carried an undeniable sorrow. Ying's eyes were dead, and so was her heart.

"I don't understand why he would do that. He's so selfish, so why would he be willing to sacrifice himself to save the world?"

Ying shook her head in anguish. The system slowly spoke, "He won't sacrifice himself for this world, but he will sacrifice himself to save this world for you."

"The reason he made me erase everything was so that you would forget everything, right? But the way you are now is the last thing he wants to see."

"But I don't want to! I don't want him to die! Why did he have to act on his own? Does he think he's doing the right thing?!"

"Mingming! He still owes me a wedding..."

Ying's eyes were bloodshot as she roared at the system. The system looked at Ying and finally shook its head. "This time, I will completely erase your memories. Moreover, I will take you two to another parallel universe to begin your new journey in Teyvat. There, without him, you will never be able to remember him again."

The system then chuckled self-deprecatingly, "To completely erase your memory, I spent another fifty years studying. This time, you won't be able to remember him anymore."

Ying's expression remained unchanged; she continued to stare at the system. She was, in truth, indifferent. If it weren't for the lingering thought of him, Ying might have died long ago.

Now, upon hearing the system's words, she didn't say anything, because it was unnecessary; Wu Qiu was already dead.

"But before that, I can help you out and let you protect him one last time."

The system suddenly spoke. And Ying, her eyes finally showed a hint of emotion.

Immediately afterwards, the system extracted a portion of the power from Ying's body and then took them away, disappearing from the scene.

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"You stand right there!!!"

"What are you doing? Playing around? You're just leaving like that?"

"Otherwise what? Didn't I say I'm just here to relay a message, not your system?"

"What am I supposed to do without you?! Even without cheats or the in-game store, there should at least be a newbie gift pack, right?"