He changed Tiwat

Kujo Masahito forced himself to adjust his expression, rose and greeted him: "What advice do you have for me, Lord Tao?"

Tao Yilong adopted a more authoritative tone: "Young Master Zhengren, I received a message from the patriarch, urging you to hold fast to the Nine-Tile Fortress, repel the rebels' attack, and suppress their arrogance! The patriarch has already mobilized troops, and reinforcements will arrive soon!"

The letter that Tao Yilong received must have been sent from the Fengxing Prefecture a few days ago. The content of the letter was nothing special; it was just official language.

As for the talk of "mobilizing troops" and "reinforcements," Kujo Masahiro gave a wry smile.

As the eldest son of the Kujo family, he was the first to disbelieve that reinforcements would arrive.

Most of the able-bodied men in Inazuma Castle were already in the fortress. The rest either died in the Battle of Nashii Beach or deserted. There was no way to get any reinforcements.

And even if reinforcements arrive, what then? Can they fight? Can they win?

Tao Yilong did participate in the military council, and he was well aware of the situation. At this juncture, he still pretended to come and deliver a message, which did nothing but cause trouble for others—but the supervisors of the Kujo family have always loved to cause trouble for others.

Just as Kujo Masahito was pondering how to politely respond to the military supervisor's urging, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the doorway.

The messenger knelt outside the command room and shouted, "It's a Liyue ship! The Liyue are attacking!"

Tao Yilong trembled, clearly startled.

On the contrary, Kujo Masahiro remained calm and immediately asked the messenger for details: "How many enemies are attacking? From which direction are they coming?"

Depending on the situation, this could be a probe or a general offensive launched by the resistance; the response will naturally differ accordingly.

Kujo Masahito wasn't just praying in the command center; he had prepared contingency plans for all possible scenarios. In short, before leaving it to fate, he would definitely do his best.

"There's only one ship, coming head-on!" the messenger shouted back.

"A frontal assault?"

How many people can a ship carry? Three hundred? Five hundred? Could such a small number of people possibly occupy the vast Kannazuka?

Moreover, the front of the Godless Tomb is a sheer cliff that even the Kanria monsters once looked up at with awe!

Kujo Masahito was also stunned; this possibility had not been considered in his contingency plan.

The "Tenheng" cut through the waves, and the last stronghold of the Inazuma Shogunate army, "Kujo Jinya", stood on the opposite cliff.

Only Han Fulai and Xingqiu remained on the deck.

Han Fulai stood at the bow of the ship, while Xingqiu stood behind the "projector" like a professional photographer.

The "projector" was switched on, and the viewfinder was pointing directly at Han Fulai.

Han Fulai smiled slightly at Xingqiu, then took out a crystal-like ring and slowly slipped it onto the ring finger of his left hand.

After doing all this, Han Fulai patted the railing and softly recited:

"The eastern sea of ​​clouds is empty and vast, and immortals appear and disappear in the clear sky."

The world is in turmoil, giving rise to all sorts of phenomena; how could there be palaces filled with shells and hidden pearls?

Knowing that all that I see is an illusion, I dare not trouble the divine work with my eyes and ears.

"In the cold of winter, when the water is frigid and the world is closed off, I am awakened from hibernation by the whipping of fish and dragons."

A silvery-white light flowed from his body and merged into the Qimen Dunjia formation on the deck.

Then, the light flowed along the patterns of the magic array, seeping into the ship's planks, and gradually, the entire "Tianheng" was enveloped in silvery-white light.

On the mast of the "Tianheng", staff officer Su Ding raised his hand and unfurled a large flag.

Both sides of the flag bear large cinnabar characters personally inscribed by Han Fulai.

The front features the banner used by the Rock King Emperor when he was vying for supremacy, which reads "Heavenly Justice Will Run Forever".

The reverse side features the name Han Fulai proposed yesterday for the Thousand Rock Army's participation in the war—"Liyue International Brigade".

At the same time, Han Fulai looked eastward and suddenly raised his voice: "I am Han Fulai, the successor of the Emperor of Liyue. I have something to say to you, General."

His voice drowned out the thunder and carried for miles, and could be clearly heard even in Inazuma Castle.

“I had long heard that Inazuma was the ‘Eternal Kingdom,’ and that General Raiden promised his people a perpetual paradise. But upon seeing it with my own eyes, I only saw thieves rising up and treacherous villains soaring; the nation was in grave danger and the people were in dire need of living beings.”

"The general has been living in seclusion in Tian Shou for more than four hundred years, focusing solely on mystical cultivation, which he euphemistically calls the 'eternal way.' In reality, he has neglected his duties and has not taken a single step to allow the people to rest and recuperate."

"Heaven upholds the nine virtues of filial piety, and investigates and implements the policies of Hiiragi Shinsuke. They collude with the ignorant masses of winter to prey on the people. The upper class is extravagant and the lower class is greedy. Evil spirits run rampant, and the world is in chaos. Although Inazuma has a ruler, he has no master; although he has an official position, he is like a thief!"

"The ruler is the boat; the people are the water. Water can carry the boat, but it can also capsize it. Have you not heard that when the ruler treats the people as dirt, the people treat the ruler as an enemy?"

"Han Fulai has come here to comfort the people and punish the guilty, and has specially composed a poem to present to General Lei Dian—"

At the highest point of Inazuma Castle, atop the castle tower, atop the inro of the "Thunder Triple Tomoe," stood a purple figure.

General Thunder and Lightning.

She opened her eyes and looked at the Godless Tomb, a hundred miles away, her eyes flashing with divine light.

Han Fulai's voice came from afar:

"When he was in a high position, he was in charge of adjusting the cauldrons, but alas, the world had many complaints."

"The water that capsized the boat is the tears of the common people; you won't know this until you see it in a raging torrent!"

Chapter 170 Mirage, Hibernating Fish and Dragons [4k]

The words Han Fulai just said to General Leidian were later known as "A Proclamation for the People to Punish General Leidian".

Historians have praised this article as "clear in meaning and reason, powerful in spirit and decisive in wording, eloquent in style and extensive in analogy, concise in words and clear in facts, truly the greatest manifesto of all time."

Of course, historians praise Han Fulai's brief manifesto so highly mainly because he was already "Secretary-General Han" of the "Teyvat Community of Destiny" at that time, and the funding for historical research came from Secretary-General Han...

For the people in Inazuma, the shock brought by Han Fulai's manifesto was far beyond what words could describe—in fact, most of the people in Inazuma were uneducated and barely understood Han Fulai's parallel prose.

They only knew one thing—

The people of Liyue have declared war on General Raiden and the Shogunate!

Yes, whether in Teyvat or on Earth, in any country or era, the function of a "manifesto" is actually just one sentence—"I'm coming to beat you up!"

As for the reason for hitting you... does it matter?

Whether it's to punish the wicked and relieve the suffering of the people, or because some Sen'iwa soldiers have gone missing in Inazuma Castle, whatever the reason, war is inevitable.

But for the shogunate army in Kannazuka and the Inatsuma people on Narukami Island, Han Fulai’s words conveyed an even more important message: “There are still people in this world who dare to defy the Raiden General.”

This was not the coy "resistance" of the Umijima rebels who used the pretext of "purging the emperor's inner circle" to justify their actions. Instead, they openly listed the crimes of the shogun and the shogunate, vowing to punish the guilty and overthrow the shogunate's rule!

This is a declaration of war against a god, one of the "Seven Rulers of the Mortal World"!

But that's not all that's shocking.

As Han Fulai spoke, "I am Han Fulai, the successor of the Emperor of Liyue. I have something to say to the General." His figure appeared high in the sky.

Yes, everyone could see his figure appear in the sky.

The sky above the God's Tomb is like a big screen in a movie theater, and Han Fulai is the lead actor on that big screen.

His expression, his clothes, his movements, even every single strand of hair that was blown by the sea breeze... were all vividly depicted.

In an era when the "projector" had just been invented and the art of "film" had not yet been created, everyone in Inazuma witnessed the first "live broadcast" in history.

The impression Han Fulai left on the people of Inazuma can probably only be described in four words: "a pillar of strength and integrity."

After all, so that all the wives of the rice farmers could see him, his image was magnified a hundred times, making him truly a towering giant.

This technology is known on Earth as "aerial stereo imaging," also called "air imaging" or "fog screen imaging."

The principle behind it is the "mirage," which uses a thin layer of water mist to replace the traditional projection screen by utilizing particles in the air.

To achieve this on Earth, it would typically require a complete set of high-tech equipment, such as using atomizing equipment to create artificial fog as a projection screen, and then using a projector to project the image.

Han Fulai, who was in Teyvat, naturally did not have such equipment. Although he deliberately chose a time when it was foggy, Xavier's "projector" was far inferior to modern projectors and could not achieve a projection effect of this scale.

Therefore, Han Fulai specially drew a Qimen Dunjia formation next to the "projection machine".

The "Lingbao Qimen" passed down in the Yelan family contains a large number of methods for using illusions. Several of her most proficient techniques, such as "Stealth and Concealment" and "Strategic Planning and Exquisite Skill," are also types of illusions.

Warlocks, after all, are masters of deceiving and confusing their enemies.

However, even if Ye Lan herself set up the array, she couldn't create such a large-scale illusion. Han Fulai used the magic array engraved on the deck as the core of the energy operation, borrowed the power of the "Tianheng" to support the magic array, and added his "Word Spirit".

The poem he recited before the "live broadcast" was Su Shi's "Dengzhou Mirage".

It was precisely because of his "word power" that such a large-scale "mirage" was created.

When Su Dongpo wrote this poem, he described the mirage he witnessed as "In the cold of winter, the water is frigid, heaven and earth are closed off, yet it awakens me from hibernation and whips the fish and dragons," because the immortals had responded to his "spiritual words"...

This was, of course, Su Dongpo's bold statement, but Han Fulai turned it into reality—after all, he himself was a demigod.

Although it was just an illusion, this "mirage" was nothing short of a "miracle" in the eyes of the common people of Inazuma.

In fact, this kind of "miracle" was not Han Fulai's original idea - Zhongli has been doing this for more than three thousand years in the "Invitation to Immortals Ceremony", and every year he will transform a five-clawed golden dragon on the Jade Capital Platform to show the miracle... Ningguang also used the magic circle on the Jade Pavilion to "live broadcast" to the whole of Liyue Harbor to unite the people when she was fighting against Oser.

In retrospect, holding press conferences and live broadcasts is an old tradition of the Liyue government, and Han Fulai is just following suit.

But the Inatsuma people, who lived in isolation, had never seen such a scene before.

Many villagers who had been conscripted by the Heavenly Commander were in the "Nine-Track House," and they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the "gods" in the sky...

However, high-ranking noble samurai like Kujo Masahito, who came from a prestigious family, were no strangers to things like "divine weapons," "divine arts," and "demonic arts." Naturally, he could tell that what was in the air was just an illusion and must be the work of magic. He was just slightly surprised.

But after the initial shock, Kujo Masahito realized something even more terrifying—

How powerful must this "successor of the Emperor" of Liyue be, who dared to declare war on the Thunder General, who could make images float in the sky and be seen with the naked eye, and whose voice could be heard clearly even hundreds of miles away?

What kind of opponent did the shogunate face?

Could this be...?

A phrase inexplicably popped into his mind—"War of the Demon Gods".

Since the invasion of the sea serpent Orochi-no-Mikoto more than two thousand years ago, there has been no record of battles between demons and gods in Inazuma.

The "War of the Demons" has long been regarded as an ancient legend...

Is the "Demon War" about to begin again today, in Inazuma?

Kujo Masahito, who was in the "Kujo Jinya", Kujo Takayuki, who was in the Tenryo Magistrate's Office, the Kamisato siblings, who were in the Kamisato House, Sango Mikoto, who stood silently watching from the top of Mount Futsuna, and Yae Mikoto, who sat under the sacred cherry tree on the mountaintop... Almost all the parties involved made the same action at this moment.

They all looked up at the castle tower without prior arrangement.

General Lei Dian must have heard Han Fulai's declaration of war.

So... how will she respond?

At the top of the castle tower, General Raiden raised his toes towards the void and took a step.

Her toes touched the air, and the air fell like raindrops onto the lake, creating ripples.

Stepping on these ripples, General Thunder soared through the air, gradually reaching a height level with Shadow on the mountain peak.

Her eyes shone brightly, illuminating a hundred miles away.

Then she saw the young man who had just declared war on her.

A hundred miles apart, their eyes met and converged on a single point.

—In fact, Han Fulai did not see General Leidian.

His eyesight was clearly not up to the level of a demon god; he merely glanced at the highest point of Inazuma Castle in a very ordinary manner.

But at that moment, his heart stirred.

It was as if someone had reached out and grabbed his heart; at that moment, he felt his heart skip a beat.

"It's coming."

Han Fulai had a clear premonition.

At the same time, General Thunder spoke in a low voice.

"...The shackles must be broken."

"...all evil should be punished by death."

"...eliminate...obstacles."

These words could only be heard by herself, or perhaps she was speaking them to "herself," to another "self" within her.

For over four hundred years, General Thunder has almost never left his home.

Aside from the important "Hunting Eye Ceremony" half a month ago, the last time she appeared outside the castle tower was more than a decade ago when Narukami Shrine offered up the "Divine Sword".

Even when accepting offerings, the general only appeared for a quarter of an hour, and during that time she did not communicate with anyone, nor did she even make eye contact with anyone, including her retinue, the Yae no Kami.

Today, she appeared at the top of the castle tower, waiting for Han Fulai to appear.