People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 542 Shadow: That's great, I'm gradually understanding everything...

"In the name of the 'Abyss,' for..."

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Inside the castle tower, in the center of the training grounds.

As if he had suffered a great emotional shock, Ying's expression was somewhat dazed upon his return.

After charging forward alone, she found that the enemy's actual strength far exceeded her initial display, and she was undoubtedly defeated.

He was easily overwhelmed and rendered incapable of fighting by the Abyss General, who was superior to him in every aspect.

Under her watchful eye, Inazuma perished even faster than the first time.

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A slight silence,

She could naturally recognize the difference between the two instances because the enemy hadn't allocated their power to the monsters, resulting in a stark contrast in strength. However, in her view, this situation had led to a dead end.
"The only gain is that the source of the opponent's power does not seem to be the Divine Cherry Blossom; it was just a disguise."

"Some Abyss Gates are protected by them; destroying those things might slow down this guy's rate of growth."

Forced by circumstances during the battle, they attempted to destroy the sacred cherry blossoms that were being protected by the enemy.

But after racking her brains to find a flaw and break through, she discovered it was just a trap.
The opponent's power was not affected by Shenying's injury; instead, he was misled and suffered severe damage.

Finally, after much difficulty, he found several abyssal portals that were continuously gathering the fear of the people, but he had already lost the ability to destroy them.
"The power of that replica should be related to these doors; perhaps the existence of the doors provides her with an inexhaustible source of energy. As long as we can eliminate them as soon as possible."

After much thought, I realized that I wasn't entirely without a fighting chance against a general of initial strength. If I hadn't been so fixated on the God of Destruction, the Sakura Tree, I might not have been defeated so quickly.
Recalling the locations of those Abyss Gates, she decided to travel there even faster than last time.
"The third time."

Within the mirror image.

The blazing purple lightning clashed with the pitch-black blade, the former flashing only twice before being swallowed by the power of the abyss.

The mountain shattered, and the shadow that had come confidently to meet the Abyss General was blasted into the earth's strata.

I never expected that all the monsters were essentially part of the other's power. Arriving too early would mean facing them at their strongest.

Misjudging the enemy's strength and losing in a head-on clash with Wuxiang Yidao, the otaku girl has basically lost her ability to move.

Their power was taken away, and they watched helplessly as the twisted monsters, empowered by the Abyss General, destroyed Inazuma Castle.

The sense of powerlessness dealt another heavy blow to their spirits, and this time the speed of the team's annihilation set a new record.

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"—Restart it. I want to see how many times she can be so stubborn."

The more battles I fought, the worse my record became, and the time it took to be speedrunned became shorter and shorter.

Unable to bear watching any longer, Lin Feng and Yae no Miko put their hands to their foreheads and reset the dream once again.

"Why? But if we don't do this, what other way is there to break this deadlock? The general's current physical condition also prevents him from using the Heart of God."

"No one but me can stop her. We can't let her come to the front lines. There must be something we didn't do right last time."

They considered the Heart of God, but ultimately chose to give up because they had no means to utilize it.

Try to find the problem in your own martial arts skills.

Yingfei left the castle tower, deciding to review the opponent's moves before the battle, and to absorb as much experience as possible from the three previous defeats.

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"Note: Fourth failure."

"My martial arts have improved somewhat, but clearing out the monsters first won't work, as their strength replenishment rate far exceeds their consumption rate."

"If we had destroyed those Abyss Gates immediately..."

Recovering from the daze of having his right hand, which was holding a knife, severed in one stroke, he racked his brains for a way to break the deadlock.

Ying reviewed her mistakes and flew out again.

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"Note: On his fifth attempt, he made a mistake while clearing the Abyss Gate and was smashed to pieces by the Abyss General."

"On the sixth attempt, I continued to hone my martial arts, only to discover that my opponent's skills also improved rapidly during the battle, resulting in my defeat."

"For the seventh time, the thunderstorm defenses around Narukami Island were withdrawn. The weight given to decisions regarding eternity was reduced again, and more attention was paid to the present."

After a desperate attack, they discovered that the Abyss General had not exerted his full strength, and were defeated.

"The eighth time, doubts began to arise about the plan to defeat the enemy by force, and the battle ended in defeat once again."

"The eleventh attempt was made to clear out the monsters around Inazuma Castle first, bypass the Abyss General, and destroy the Abyss Gate. However, the monsters, together with the Abyss General, surrounded and attacked the enemy, resulting in defeat."

"For the sixteenth time, I used the power of the offshore thunderstorm to briefly restrict the Abyss General, and for the first time successfully destroyed two Abyss Gates. However, I discovered that the opponent's power was still superior to mine in every aspect, and I was defeated."

"On the twenty-fourth occasion, doubts arose further about the strategy of winning by force. No longer stubborn, they began to try to use their long-dormant wisdom."

"I sealed the power that created the lightning barrier and entrusted it to the Divine Child. I then went to entangle the Abyss General, attempting to lure him into diverting too much of his power to the monsters, thus replicating our first mutual destruction. However, I lacked the power and failed."

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"Tell me, who exactly raised your Ah Ying? How can she be so stubborn?"

"It was defeated a total of twenty-four times. Even a pigeon, after being shot once on the bridge, would know to fly away before the next meeting."

One death after another, in most cases, people think they're invincible again, only to be swiftly and decisively killed with a single blow.

This is the first time I've realized how exceptionally good Shadow's ability is at convincing himself.

Lin Feng felt that if the Abyss General hadn't been significantly stronger than the original in every aspect, and hadn't also been able to learn deeply from his previous failures, he might have actually been able to be "honed" by the opponent and then clear the game.

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"Well, at least there's been a turnaround for now, so all my efforts to give hints haven't been in vain."

"Ah Ying actually resorted to scheming; I never even dared to imagine such a thing before." There was a sense of embarrassment, like when you're checking Ah Ying's homework with someone else and discover she's gotten dozens of basic questions wrong.

Thinking about Aying's performance in the final round, the Divine Child felt that the previous situation of sealing away wisdom and mindlessly throwing away one's life should come to an end.

"She probably noticed it too; with each reboot, the enemy is also slowly getting stronger."

"Although my martial arts skills have improved, the gap between us will not narrow. If we continue to die, the gap may widen further."

“I think that without such restrictions, given her extraordinary willpower, it would be perfectly normal for her to attempt suicide thousands or tens of thousands of times.”

I have not forgotten the glorious feat of Ying being able to fight the general tirelessly for five hundred years.
Lin Feng felt that given the importance of Inazuma to Ying, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, it was hard to say how many times she would stubbornly attempt suicide.
"Finally, things are starting to change. Let's wait and see."

"Having given up on mindless direct confrontation, I also want to see what changes will occur when your Ah Ying starts using her intelligence."

Although the phrase "astounding wisdom" has been used to describe a certain homebody, it is at most political.

Lin Feng figured that even a shadow being, after experiencing such a complex series of setbacks, should be able to give him a pleasant surprise, rather than something truly earth-shattering.
"—What? Aying, you're saying the army shouldn't launch an attack and should stay with you inside the barrier?"

"—If you say that imposter has a fixed area of ​​operation and is just stalling, you're confident you can hold out for a long time."

Giving up playing and just staying home?

So speechless, even the divine child who personally entered the realm of consciousness didn't know how to respond.

I never expected that after realizing she couldn't win, my Ah Ying would jump from one extreme to the other, not even wanting to go through the process in between.

I had initially thought that once Ah Ying started thinking, the wisdom that had been buried for hundreds or thousands of years might surprise me.

But now, thinking that there was someone else watching and recording the whole thing, she just wants to put her hand to her forehead and hope that it was just her imagination.

"I'm sorry, I know you may not understand, but I have my reasons for doing this, God Child."

"The enemy is very strong; a direct confrontation will only hasten our demise."

"I've used the thunderstorms from the outer sea and a portion of my power to create an enhanced lightning barrier. If we can find a way to dispel the black fog that's blocking out the sun within the barrier, the people of Inazuma can continue to survive here."

He had witnessed the destruction of Inazuma Castle far too many times, and most of them had even happened right before his eyes.

Looking at the divine child in front of him, Ying felt as if he could recall the way the other person lost their life in front of him as soon as he closed his eyes.

The Abyss General had absolutely no weaknesses to exploit; even destroying those Abyss Gates only slightly slowed down the opponent's growth.

Without the power to defeat the opponent in a short time, those things will reappear.

If the other party doesn't gradually become stronger with each repetition, then she's confident she can repeat it a thousand or ten thousand times.

But if we act rashly now, we may completely destroy the last little bit of living space for the rice farmers.
"Divine Child, this is the only solution I can think of right now. Please help distribute the Divine Eyes from the Thousand-Armed Hundred-Eyed Statue to ensure everyone's safety as much as possible."

"We'll look for opportunities to clear out the area later. First, we need to maintain stability among the civilian population. In any case, I don't want to see Inazuma Castle destroyed again."

He sighed wearily, having exhausted all his efforts, and could only come up with this one method.

There was no longer any energy left to think about eternity, and there was also a fear of seeing the abyss descend upon Inazuma and destroy him again.
Ying felt that, faced with the imminent threat of destruction, this was the option that would allow everyone to survive for the longest possible time.

"Looking on the bright side, at least there's progress."

"The idealized 'eternity,' which ignores the present, has become almost irrelevant in its decision-making; her focus has successfully shifted to the present."

"The current challenge is to make Shadow realize that he is not fighting alone, and then overcome his fear of the Abyss."

Although the plan to stay in one place after thinking for a long time is indeed very much in line with the characteristics of the film.
In any case, the willingness to distribute the Eye of God from the Thousand-Armed Statue is an epic step forward.

No longer idealistically trying to grasp everything, nor clinging to that utterly unfeasible eternity dependent on the fate of Teyvat as a whole.

Although they cannot yet openly admit it to the public, and are not even aware of it themselves,

But now, Shadow considers far more factors when making decisions than it did at the beginning.

"But this is far from enough; simply distributing the power of the will brought by the Eye of God is insufficient."

"Only when the gods and the people strive towards the same goal can the power of will be all-powerful, just like when they work together to drive out the abyss on the battlefield."

"I wonder when Aying will understand that the people are also part of Inazuma, and that they themselves are the future of Inazuma."

"Only when the people themselves contribute to the future of Inazuma will they not feel, like the previous shogunate, that protecting the country is the job of the gods alone."

We're very close to the final answer. All we need to do is distribute the Eye of God at the beginning and make good use of every remaining bit of Inazuma's power.

Gods fight gods, armies thwart demons, and destroy the Abyss Gate.

When the people no longer stand idly by and do their utmost for the sole purpose of survival, the entire Inazuma region will enter a state of unprecedented unity.

In this way, Ah Ying will be able to obtain the maximum blessing of her will and successfully defeat the enemy that now seems invincible.

"For the twenty-fifth time, we abandoned the option of launching an offensive and instead distributed all the captured Eyes of God to delay the Abyss General's growth as much as possible."

"With the power of the gods, the black mist within the barrier was temporarily dispelled. While crops were being planted, troops were regularly dispatched to clear the surrounding area. Inazuma existed for several years before finally being destroyed by the Abyss General, who had grown to an uncontrollable level."

At this point, there was no distinction between the troops and the civilians in both regions, and they provided enough willpower to defeat the Abyss General in the early stages of the invasion.

"The twenty-sixth time, repeating the previous experience, lasted even longer. Under the strong persuasion of the divine child, before being destroyed, he led all the people of Inazuma out of the city to take the initiative to fight. He was defeated, but his mental state improved significantly."

"The twenty-seventh time, he died while alone destroying the Abyss Gate."

"On the thirty-second attempt, unable to break through the Divine Eye, and without the blessing of willpower, it perished early."

"On the fifty-seventh time, realizing the importance of willpower, he temporarily abandoned his pursuit of eternity."
He went out with the army to exterminate monsters and died from a loss of control caused by the general's assessment of wear and tear.

"Seventy-second time, trapped in a vicious cycle. Using the Eye of God can obtain the power of will, but if it is delayed for a short period of time, it will trigger the loss of control of the general's body and expose a flaw."

"Without the divine eye being revealed, the people lack power, cannot clearly perceive the divine resolve and change, their blessings diminish, and the time of destruction is brought forward."

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"For the 116th time, realizing that one's own wisdom is insufficient to solve the problem, one resolves to seek help from others, reducing the proportion of autocratic traits and increasing the activity level of thinking."

"Conclusion: - Shadow is prepared to tell the Divine Child all the information he currently has and to carefully listen to her advice."

(End of this chapter)