I picked up this little grass god.

After Nashida completed the modification of the World Tree, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

Because no one would realize that part of their memory had been modified, and Ying and Kong, who did not belong to this world, and Barbatos who possessed Krevi, had no idea what she had modified.

"My time is up...you better be careful..."

Barbatos, who possessed Klevi, could not hold on any longer. After saying this, his consciousness slowly dissipated from Klevi.

"Traveler, watch your back!"

At this moment, Paimon suddenly exclaimed.

Hearing Paimeng's reminder, Ying hurriedly turned around, only to find that it was Liu Bai flying back from a distance.

I hope he's not hurt...

puff-

Ying hadn't let go of the thought in her mind yet, but she saw Liu Bai stabbing out with a sword, piercing through her brother who suddenly stood in front of her, passing through his abdomen and stopping in front of Ying.

"...?"

Xiaobai? Why...?

Seeing his brother being pierced through the body by a sword, Ying stood there in a daze.

"How blessed! In this world, I have never even experienced the deletion of the Great Compassion Tree King. I still know of her existence from the words of the traveler who tried to wake me up."

Seeing Ying standing there stupidly, seemingly unaware of the possible consequences of modifying the World Tree, "Nashida" spoke with envy.

In two different timelines, what Liu Bai did and experienced were also different from here.

"Don't be envious, girl. Soon this world will be ours."

Letting go of the weapon that pierced his empty belly, Liu Bai turned around and flew towards "Nashida", speaking to her gently.

"That's right. The power of the abyss has begun to spread. It won't be long before it's over."

"Nashida" nodded and turned her gaze to Ying.

The difference in timelines also brings some interesting situations. In her timeline, the traveler is Sora and the Princess of the Abyss is Ying.

This is obviously the other way around...

But just when "Nashida" was about to attack Ying, Liu Bai flew to her side and put his arm around her waist.

"Nashida" shifted her attention away from the twins and looked at Liu Bai, who only had eyes for her.

She has been waiting for this moment for a long time...

"noob……"

Ying held the seriously injured Kong in her arms, and looked up helplessly at Liu Bai who had returned to "Nashida". They were hugging each other intimately.

Just at this moment, a reminder from a few years ago suddenly rang in Ying's mind.

"I have a small gift for you. In the near future, you can hold it and try to do something that you think you can help with."

"Maybe that will save the world."

That was the voice of Raiden Makoto, and it was also what she said to herself when she first met him...

That gift...

Ying hurriedly put the Chen Ge pot on the ground, took out some medicine from it and gave it to Paimon, asking her to help her take care of her brother.

Afterwards, Ying took out the gift that Lei Dianzhen had given her, a strangely shaped stone.

Hold it...

Ying tried to hold it, but because it was too big, she had to use both hands.

"The power of the Fate Star can make me stronger, but I am ultimately constrained by the fate of heaven. Only by destroying the six Fate Stars can I escape from this world and no longer be bound by it..."

It was a memory, a passage narrated from Liu Bai's perspective.

"The star of life... So this stone is Xiaobai's star of life..."

"The World Tree modified Xiaobai's memory. I am not affected, but in Paimon and my brother's memories, he has become an enemy, so he just reacted and reminded me to be careful of him..."

"Will destroying the six life stars help him escape from control? But I only have one..."

Although he got this information from the destiny star, what bothered Ying was where to find the other five destiny stars now... ?

……

"Girl, are you there?"

"Is that you, girl?"

"Girl, why don't you reply to the message?"

After "Nashida" appeared, Liu Bai secretly sent messages more than once, but there was never any reply.

Nashida herself was unconscious in the laboratory at this time, holding tightly in her hand the piece of metal fragment that she brought out from Liu Bai's spiritual space.

And her consciousness sank into a place deeper than the spiritual space.

Here, she saw Liu Bai.

"Buyer, you're here."

Seeing Nashida coming, Liu Bai greeted her with a smile.

"You...you are not Xiaobai."

Hearing the familiar name coming from a familiar mouth gave Nashida an indescribable sense of strangeness, and she immediately took a step back vigilantly.

“Yes and no. I am just a specially preserved memory, waiting for someone who can go deeper into this place. Even my system cannot reach this place, so there is no need to worry about cognitive correction.”

"Liu Bai" spread his hands and said.

"System...? And you have his memories before he left Fontaine?"

Nashida roughly understood what was said, but she still asked in confusion.

"That's not the case. My memory only includes what I'm supposed to do here, such as answering your questions."

"Liu Bai" shook his head.

"Well, tell me what this is, what he's been through before, and how it relates to the law of nature."

Nashida did not indicate whether she believed it or not, but spoke directly.

"As expected of you, you asked three questions in one breath and the answer is the same!"

"Liu Bai" gave Nashida a thumbs up.

"I don't know how many years ago, the system brought me into the world. It forced the Heavenly Law to sign a treaty, agreeing to my coming and not interfering with my existence. The price was that I was incorporated into Teyvat, accepting the constraints of fate, and my ability to regenerate was limited to Teyvat."

"But I don't want this to happen. I want to break free, so I made these preparations in advance."

"Liu Bai" briefly explained it to Nashida.

"What exactly is the system?"

Nashida couldn't help but ask again.

"I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone after you leave here. You can't even think about it in your mind, otherwise your cognitive correction ability will make you forget everything that happened here in an instant."

"Liu Bai" explained to Nashida with a serious expression.

Seeing his serious look, Nashida nodded seriously and agreed.

She had learned about the horror of cognitive modification from the Lord of Death before, but she didn't know where it came from.

Now it seems that it is related to the system he mentioned... ?

"You should have an impression. I always talk to the air, and the object of my talk is the system. However, the cognitive correction makes you unable to feel its existence at all."

"It is an auxiliary device similar to the Void Terminal. It stays deep in my soul. Its main body is a high-dimensional parasite called a [System Bug]."

"It can help the host become stronger, usually feeding on emotional and mental strength, but if the host is too difficult to control, the benefits it gains will not be enough to satisfy it."

"So, from the beginning, it trapped the host in a reincarnation, and combined with the laws of nature to weaken his status and restrict his limits, forcing the host to provide more meaningless expenses."

"But these are not important. What is important is that it chose to take advantage of my power for free. It never provided me with anything. Those things were originally my power."

"Liu Bai" told Nashida the secret.

It's not that he trusts Nashida that much, he doesn't even have any memory of Nashida.

Instead, what he wanted Nashida to do next had to have sufficient reasons, otherwise she would never agree.

……

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