Genshin Impact: Our journey will never end

Day Three

Early in the morning, Ying and Paimeng came to the dock to find Afu and asked him about his relationship with Heguan.

Afan explained: "[Fan] means family... should be considered a clan. My ancestors came from Heguan. As for Sumida, she never asked me. If she asked me, I would definitely tell her. But if she didn't ask, I would be her boatman. Accompany her to Bayun Island to collect materials. Smuggle local snacks back from Liyue. Listen to her read to me. I think this is good."

Ying: "About ancestors..."

Akama: "My ancestors couldn't stand what happened in Tsurugan, so they fled. They built a small boat and headed in the direction of the so-called Thunderbirds. That is, Kiyose Island. They lived on Kiyora Island for a long time, but later, the Thunderbirds destroyed Tsurugan. After that, they died in Kiyora, and the environment there became unsuitable for living, so they moved to Kannazuka."

"It is said that Asase Shrine was built to suppress the power of the thunderbird, and Koishi Village was developed by people who moved to Seirai to support the shrine. Our family was lucky enough to survive the disaster in the past, and worked in Tadokoro Sand. Later, we were disappointed by the actions of the people at that time, so we quit our job and came to Narukami Island.

In the past, we made a lot of money doing business on the outlying islands. But by the time my father came of age, there was nothing left except debts.”

Ying asked curiously, "Why did our ancestors leave Heguan?"

Akabu: "It is said that the Thunderbird fell in love with a child, so the priest decided to sacrifice him to the Thunderbird. Then, the ancestor couldn't accept this and left. He originally wanted to leave with the child, but in the end he seemed willing to stay."

[Keqing: So, that child is Ah Liu, right? ]

[Kumi: Everything is right, A-liu is the ghost]

[Shadow: I remember now. I think I killed that guy in Tianyun on Qinglai Island... Hmm...]

[Klee: It's all over Tianyun Mountain! ]

[Nashida: You admitted your mistake right away, but you won’t change…]

[Qin: I'm used to it, but Klee can also distinguish right from wrong. No, Klee, why did you come out! ]

[Klee: Because the get out of class is over, so Klee is off school, what is sacrifice? ]

[Alice: Baby, this is not something you can understand. Listen to me, you... don't remember anything...]

[Klee: Klee... I don't... remember... anything...]

[Paimon: Tele-hypnosis! What a terrifying method!]

[Klee: Hmm? What did Klee want to say? ]

[Young Master: So terrifying]

[Xingqiu: So terrifying! 】

[Diona: How long did the symptoms of repeating the grade last? ]

[Mona: As expected of an omniscient and omnipotent witch, ow! It hurts.]

[Barbie Rose: Haha, it hurts, so I learn my lesson! ]

[Keqing: I have a bad feeling]

...

Ying then asked: "Regarding the abnormal phenomenon in Heguan..."

Ah Fu answered uncertainly: "It should be a large-scale [ground vein anomaly]. It is said that when Heguan was destroyed, the sound and light emitted were even felt by Qinglai's ancestors."

"My father took me to see the situation at Tsurugan before, to see the [roots of the family]. In the sea of ​​fog, phantoms of people from the past and events from the past will appear. It was the last festival of Tsurugan, but now the passage of time is wrong. In the end, the thunderbird destroyed Tsurugan and a thunderstorm occurred. Then, the cycle starts again."

Therefore, it is meaningless to talk to the people of Heguan. These people are just images produced by abnormal earth veins. But there is one exception, that is the child who was sacrificed to Thunderbird in the past, who should be the [A Liu] you mentioned. "

[Kole: Ahhh! How scary! That child must be...]

[Lisa: I have been being sacrificed all the time, in a cycle that has lasted for thousands of years]

【Keqing: Ugh… Ugh… Those jars…】

【Xiangling: It's disgusting... Ugh! 】

[Nashida: It's all superstition, Alu is just a victim]

[Funina: Can't it be changed? ]

[Wendy: What happened has already happened. The only thing that can be changed is the present. Of course, if you have the power over time, just pretend I didn’t say anything.]

[Paimon: Don't look at me. Paimon can't do anything. He can only pause the time of Teyvat, predict the future, and reverse the time of a certain item. Paimon hasn't learned how to go back to the past yet.]

[Alice: There is a saying that goes, time is supreme, space is king, fate is not determined, cause and effect is king]

[Mona: I understand fate, but what is cause and effect? ​​]

[Nashida: The so-called cause and effect is what you have done in the past, and what you will reap in the future]

[Paimon: Yoshi! ]

【Xingqiu: So fate is the strongest?】

[Mona: Destiny is a fait accompli. Even if we go back, it will still proceed according to the fait accompli of fate.]

...

鹤观

The two followed the previous route and went through the gate to see A Liu, but they found nothing.

Paimon was a little anxious. He had to find him quickly, otherwise the people of Heguan would sacrifice him to Thunderbird.

On the way to look for A Liu, they met Mu Li and Yi Bu.

"I really envy Ah Liu."

"Don't be silly! Oh, but what makes me even more unhappy is why I am the only one working?"

Paimon suddenly realized that the perch was the key to the festival. If the perch was destroyed, would the festival not be able to proceed? As he said this, he ordered Ying to attack the perch.

With their habitats destroyed, the villagers finally reacted.

With all the roosts destroyed, the two quickly rushed to the sacrifice site.

But it's too late.

The fog in the sky turned red, accompanied by red lightning!

In order to avoid the thunder, Ying and Paimon escaped together...

...

The two entered Heguan again, and this time they found A Liu.

Ah Liu asked, "Sister Ying, Paimon... why... why did you do this? I thought, Sister Ying, Paimon, you are such good people, and so powerful... and you are different from the people before! You would come back to me and listen to me all the time. I thought that this festival would finally go smoothly... but..."

Paimon hurriedly explained, "We want to stop the festival! This way, nothing will happen to you."

Ying was also a little confused. Why did A Liu want the ceremony to go smoothly?

“I don’t know what went wrong during the festival. Everything seemed to be going well… but I woke up. And then I found that Tsurukan had become what it is now. Everyone became strange and couldn’t see me or hear me.

Then, after a while, thunder would start to break out on the island, and it would become very scary. At this time, only Huoshi, Jina, and Otake would not have thunder. I would hide in these places and wait for the thunder to stop. However, after the thunder ended, things would return to the way they were before, and I would wake up again, and everyone would be doing the same thing again. Moreover, Kapakiri disappeared, and I couldn't even find her in the Sugana Mountains. So I thought that something must have gone wrong with the festival, and that Kapakiri was angry. "

"So, I prepared the festival again and again, but the result was the same. So, I wanted to seek help from outsiders. I thought that you were my friends and would help me..."

Paimon: "I've been concerned about this before... Who is Kapachiri?"

Ah Liu thought for a moment and said, "Others call her Thunderbird. She is our patron saint. If everything goes well in the store, Kapaqili will be satisfied. Then everyone will be happy.

In the past, during every festival, Kapachiri looked down on the people who offered sacrifices to her. But I am different from others... So, I must make the festival go smoothly, so that everyone can become normal and continue their lives. "

"Brother Ibe and sister Maki will get married, and then Kinai and Kido will grow up and become great adventurers! Things will get better here, and then sister Zuo Shi will come back, and brother Abu will come back too! Dad doesn't have to be afraid, Kapachiri will thunder when she's angry!

Then, everyone will find that the world outside the fog is not bad at all, and there are good people like you..."

Paimon corrected, "Because it's not right!"

Ah Liu had become possessed and could not hear anything they said. She slipped away crying.

[Paimon: Ah, this job is so tiring. Why do I have so many lines? ]

[Ying: I suddenly enjoy this kind of life...]

[Nilu: Alu is so miserable, he has been reincarnated here for thousands of years]

[Alice: This seems different from what I know. This is not the whole background of the story.]

[Kaia: Is there a complete story? ]

【System: Thunderbird’s Mercy:

The purple wildflowers that survived the ashes of the wildfires once witnessed the catastrophic disaster that befell the ancient tribes.

At the New Year's Day ceremony, the shaman summoned the Thunderbird with the blood of innocent people. The tribesmen hoped that the Thunderbird would accept the sacred sacrifice and sing out the oracle as in previous years. But when the Thunderbird descended on the people's heads, the sky was filled with thunder that announced destruction.

In order to repay the song that it overheard by chance, and to bring cruel revenge on the young tribe, the Thunder Bird revealed its terrifying true face and completely wiped out the tiny tribe from the earth.

[System: The remains of the thunder disaster: the feathers left behind by the Thunder Demon Crow, shining with purple luster.

Perhaps it was the last evidence of the existence of the destroyed tribe. The ancient tribe regarded the Thunderbird as a patron saint. Leiwu destroyed it in an instant.

On a gloomy night, it and the boy had formed a perfect friendship. After the magic crow flapped its wings and flew away, the boy picked up the thunder feather that had fallen by chance.

"When you come again with the thunderstorm"

"I'll sing another song for you"

The unfulfilled promise made the Thunder Crow remorseful and mad, so it moved far away from the forest that had turned to ashes. Many years later, it was regarded as a rebellious monster and was killed.

Many years later, the once scorched earth is once again covered with lush forests.

The fragments of thunder that once belonged to thunder are now buried among the grass and trees.

But the stories of both have disappeared along with the tribe. 】

[System: Thunder's Timepiece: An ornately decorated hourglass once owned by an ancient tribe that revered the Thunderbird.

But when the tribe was completely destroyed, the hourglass was gradually forgotten. The gorgeous hourglass made of amethyst and amber gold was originally a shaman's timepiece.

Every time the Thunderbolt Crow descended, this hourglass would tell the time for the festival. At the tribe's final festival, the furious bird overturned the blood-stained altar.

The timepiece that foretells the arrival of the patron saint has now become a death knell that attracts thunder.

The giant crow in the thunderstorm brought devastating disaster to the tribesmen, just for one person's song.

But what Leiwu never knew was that the boy was sacrificing himself.

In order to let the giant crow bring blessings to the tribe, he voluntarily accepted the separation of his bones and blood.

[System: The omen of thunder: The ritual wine cup used by the shamans of ancient tribes to offer the blood of living sacrifices to the demon bird of thunder.

In the season when thunderbirds fly high, in the mountains ravaged by heavy rain, a young man sings fearlessly.

The lonely thunder bird was attracted by the boy's clear singing and landed quietly beside him.

"What an interesting tune. You, tiny person, aren't you afraid of thunder and rain?"

"The elders in the tribe said that a child like me could calm thunder and turn heavy rain into gentle rain."

The boy stopped singing and answered Thunderbird's question.

The ptarmigan called proudly for a moment and then stopped talking, because it was a very beautiful song.

That was the first and last encounter between the young sacrifice and the Thunderbird, who had a huge gap between them. When Leiwu looked for the boy again, he saw the high altar and the blood in the golden cup.

[System: Thunder-Calling Crown: In the ancient tribe that worships the Thunder Bird, the crown worn by the respected shaman.

The crows flying high in the thunderstorms bring purple lightning and bring torrential rain to the mountains and forests. The ignorant tribes are grateful for their gifts and afraid of their power, so they elect shamans and offer blood sacrifices to pray for their protection and escape punishment.

The Thunderbird is a demon after all, and people worship it like a worn-out shoe. People are completely unaware of this, and still regard the Thunderbird's unpredictability as a revelation. However, thunder is just its breath, just like people's life and death. In the sky, people are not far from beasts in its eyes.

Until one day, the clear singing voice penetrated the low roaring thunderstorm, tore through the gloom in the sky, and passed a little light to it.

[Paimon: I remember now, this is the Rulei set! This is what my Keqing uses! ]

[Keqing: Why did you mention me suddenly? You don’t need to mention me at this time! ]

[Paimon: As expected, some things really need to be carefully examined. In order to get the reward quickly, I didn’t pay attention to many things.]

[Ningguang: It is really hard to imagine how this kind-hearted boy would face death calmly every time. He never blamed anyone, he just felt that he had not done well enough.]

[Hu Tao: Damn these superstitious guys. Their excessive superstition killed Ah Liu. It was a living sacrifice. How painful it must have been. Cutting flesh, bleeding, they did everything that no human would do.]

[Funina: Reincarnation over and over again, voluntarily sacrificing myself over and over again... I just feel that I haven't done well enough. Stop the knife, stop the knife, it really makes me stupid]

[Ying: Later, Kapachiri was killed by Shadow, and Thunderbird's hatred turned into Thunder Sound. Until the appearance of Master, this thousand-year promise had a chance to be fulfilled.]

[Xiaogong: I will never talk about the re-enactment of the festival again. I won’t be able to sleep tonight.]

[Yan Fei: Let’s continue watching. I think it’s not enough to just know the general story. We still need to dig out some details ourselves.]