Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

The falling hands of the Doomsday Clock killed Jacob and also smashed through the floor of the Gestalt Tower, revealing the deepest room within the tower.

Here lies a massive gear core, countless dangerous books, and a locked door.

Kong refused Katpira and Ann's company and used the key that Jacob threw to him to open the door.

The key was a very peculiar three-and-a-half-circle shape, which seemed to have a special symbolic meaning in the society.

Kong jumped into the passageway inside the room and followed the direction of the water flow to reach the breach in the Fetal Sea that had been sealed by the tower.

The crystal-clear, viscous, blue-purple seawater stretches upwards in the seawater, like hands yearning to touch the sky.

"The day of return has come..." A distant voice echoed from the sea.

A massive amount of seawater coalesced into a ferocious figure. "I... sense 'reason.' Those who brought the holy sword, are you successors of the Narcissus Cross, or the hounds of the Gears?"

Kong was certain that this was Nazisen Cruz, and drew the Narcissus Cross.

Nazisen Cruz: "They've drawn their swords against me; the answer seems self-evident."

Although he had confirmed that Kong was the enemy, Nazisen Cruz did not take immediate action. Instead, he projected the apocalyptic scenario he had foreseen into this space.

"Look to the future. After Hyperion, Natalantia, Remuria, and now the fourth cycle of Clauia, which is halfway through, the world will face its final end."

Sora: "The End..."

"Having witnessed such despair, you should understand my righteous cause of saving the world." Nazisen Cruz stretched out his hand into the air. "Now, return the holy sword to my hand, and then leave the refuge."

Kong refused to hand over the Holy Sword, saying, "Perhaps the world will eventually face its final moment, but at least for now, Fontaine has successfully survived the calamity. Abandon your plan to dissolve all life."

Nazisen Cruz did not believe what Sora said. "So be it. The pilgrimage to save the world is always accompanied by the misunderstanding of the world. In order to retrieve the Holy Sword, I will kill a life. But there is no need to fear, you will be born in a new world."

When persuasion failed, Kong resorted to using force to persuade Nazisen Cruz.

During the battle, Nazisen Cruz keenly noticed the "anomaly" in the void. "So that's it... You are a Descendant."

Kong Yi was startled when his hidden identity was exposed, and was almost hit by the blades of law that filled the air.

"The Kanriyans had longed for such a being to appear, believing that the gods would take the form of shipwrecked people to survey the human world. Therefore, they established the Deep Secret Institute to observe such a being, and every time they found a shipwrecked person, they would treat them with the highest honors."

"The sea here does not refer to the ocean in the conventional sense, but to the sea of ​​stars."

Kong immediately thought of his younger sister!

Was Ying... discovered by the Kanreia people to be a visitor from the Star Sea, and then bound by their expectations and courtesies?

"You seem to have thought of something, or perhaps you've misunderstood something."

Nazisen Cruz said as he attacked, “There are more aliens in Teyvat than people think. But not all aliens can be called ‘arrivals’.”

"Only a powerful will that is equivalent to a world can be called an 'arrival'."

"This is the powerful will that can protect the world, maintain the world, destroy the world, and create the world..."

"You are the sublime person who has always been at the level I pursue, and who is equal to the world."

Nazisen Cruz, who was defeated by the air, said.

Guided by the Holy Sword, every time Kong swung the Holy Sword, the golden sword light would take something away from Nazisen Cruz, causing him to fall completely from the rank of the artificial transcendent.

The will of all beings gathered around Nazisen Cruz was awakened by the holy sword in his empty hand. After realizing that the end of Fontaine was truly over, they chose to leave the master and return to the sea of ​​trance.

Finally, the personality belonging to Rene in the Holy Sword returned to Nazisen Cruz's body.

The enormous and grotesque humanoid figure vanished, leaving only the dissolved "Rene".

It consists of a large water mass and three smaller water masses. The smallest water mass circulates among the three smaller water masses, as if three satellites are guarding the largest "planet" in the middle.

“Ah…” Rene, having regained her composure and personality, sighed. “I should have noticed that the input values ​​I first filled into the world format have changed. A ‘variable’ has descended upon the world.”

"Who has mastered the power of life and pardoned the people of Fontaine? In addition, there is a completely unexpected 'variable' that defeated the all-consuming whale, and you, the witness of all, have come before me again."

"I've also had dreams like that, wanting to become something like you. But that dream has just been shattered."

Rene felt the surge of emotions that welled up inside him after his personality returned, and thought, "Everything I did was meaningless, like an empty dream."

"No, not even as good as a dream. At least a dream is harmless. But I... no, you, and they paid so much for this."

Kong sheathed the holy sword, saying, "All struggles of life have meaning."

After sensing that the breach in the fetal sea had calmed down, the little pure water spirit, who had been waiting for everything to end, flew down.

“Nazisen Cruz,” Anne asked the being she instinctively trusted, “Do you know who I am?”

Nazisen Cruz was silent for a moment before replying, "A name is just a label. I know the two colors that are ingrained in your soul all too well."

Then the little water sprite understood that she was neither Lilith nor Marian.

She thought for a moment and then gave her the name she had used for hundreds of years, "My name is An."

Nazisen Cruz: "Well then, hello, hello."

An looked at the empty and dejected pool of water, "I'm willing to forgive you."

"What strange things are you saying? From the very beginning, my plan had a noble and sacred purpose. There was no selfishness involved."

Nazisen Cruz doesn't need anyone's forgiveness. "No one can judge me, no one can judge me, no one can forgive me."

Kong silently watched "Rene," this soul that refused to be defined, refused to be judged, and refused to be forgiven.

This soul belonged to an extremely self-centered genius, whose inner judgment or redemption was now gone.

Anne disagreed with Nazisen Cruz's words, "Your motives may be noble, but your madness has hurt many people. You didn't even enter the equation correctly. What's wrong with making a mistake and then being forgiven?"

Whether it was the Dean or Marian, they were both capable of educating him. "Rene" obediently admitted his mistake, "...You're right. I'm sorry."

Anne invited him to go back with her to meet the others, and "Rene" obediently agreed.

A group of people returned to the upper level of the Gestalt first, where Caterpillar, who was not allowed to approach the fetal water to avoid contamination, was still waiting.

Caterpillar and "Rene" remained silent for several minutes.

"Rene" spoke first, "There's been progress, Caterpillar. You're more human than you were hundreds of years ago."

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Can this really be considered a compliment?

Well... maybe it counts for Caterpillar, given his special circumstances.

“…Master,” Katarina said, “I thought I would be more excited to see you again. But I am unusually calm now.”

"Over the past few centuries, I have read many books, understood some of your teachings, and also understood the absurdity of some of your theories."

Caterpillar then changed the subject, "So, now that you've been defeated by the 'hero,' has your mental illness improved?"

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This is the first time I've seen the usually calm and gentle Caterpillar so aggressive.