Genshin Impact: Pool Character, Nirvana of the Demon God

Al-Hysen replied, "I thought you preferred a more detailed answer."

This answer made Ying and Paimon roll their eyes at Elhesen. This guy looks pretty serious, but why does he like to stir things up?

[Hai Ge: I'm really happy to be mischievous like this.]

[Hai Ge may not be good at boosting morale, but he's definitely good at making me laugh with a straight face.]

[Hai Ge's actions confirm one thing for me: adult males probably all enjoy teasing Paimon, and incidentally, teasing us too.]

[Aren't you going to tease Iya?]

[↑Teasing the little cutie is too risky; you might get chased down and attacked by Brother Bai. The other two are practically free.]

"Let's get down to business."

Al-Hysen gestured for the two to look away from him and instead focus on the canned knowledge on the table.

"As mentioned in a previous operational meeting, I once left behind a can of knowledge at the training academy, which contained a decree I had drafted. Now I have copied that can of knowledge."

"According to the plan……"

Elhesen looked at Ying and said seriously.

"Me?" Ying was a little surprised that Elhesen would choose her.

Instead of answering directly, Elhesen asked, "Ying, do you believe we can defeat the royalists and the Fools?"

Ying nodded and said, "I believe that even if I lack confidence, I will make up for it with my actions!"

Al-Hysen nodded and said, "Very good, the most important thing is to have faith. Now, please prepare yourself and put on this device."

He pointed to a helmet-like device used to extract canned knowledge and gestured for Ying to put it on.

Ying approached, picked up a device, and put it on her head.

Paimon asked curiously, "Is it about recording the belief into canned knowledge?"

Al-Hysen nodded and said, "Yes."

Paimon looked at Sparkle with concern and said, "I...I'm very worried..."

Although Al-Hysen said the device was modified and posed no danger, Paimon was still worried.

Al-Hysen calmly advised Paimon, saying, "I understand how you feel, but it's necessary right now, so it's best to do as I say."

"You have to deceive yourself first. Self-encouragement can sometimes be deception, but as long as it works, that's fine."

Paimon, comforted by Elheisen, said with great reluctance, "Hmm...that does make sense..."

Al-Hysen shrugged.

He was telling the truth, but if Paimon chose not to believe him, then he really didn't have a better way out.

So he didn't speak again, and looked at Ying, who was already prepared, and said:

"Please start to imagine that our plan has been completed at this moment. We have defeated the Church and the Fools and successfully changed the entire Mount Sumeru."

"Everything went smoothly, and people recognized our achievements."

[PV recycling.]

The water is highly poisonous. (Unrelated to the main topic)

[Won't it end up like Danganronpa? We'll have to show this pre-recorded stuff to a large audience.]

It feels like an imprint of ideas.

Following Elhesen's instructions, Ying, who had completed the mental imagery, replied, "Um... okay..."

El-Heinz glanced at the canister connected to the device, noting the thin streams of green data flowing into the canister through the pipes on the device, before saying:

"open one's eyes."

He then handed a note to Ying: "This."

As always, it was concise and to the point.

Ying took it, her face showing hesitation.

Paimon leaned closer, and after reading the contents of the note, he hesitated and said, "This is..."

Al-Hysen continued, "Read it aloud."

Ying took the note and looked at the note with some intriguing words written on it. Although she didn't know the specific purpose of entering this information, she still chose to do as Elhesen said.

After confirming that Ying had entered all the contents of the note into the canning knowledge database, Elhesen took back the note, and then helped Ying remove the device from her head, saying, "All done."

Ying recalled the feeling of inputting knowledge about canned goods and exclaimed, "What an amazing experience..."

Paimon asked with concern, "Do you have a headache? Is it serious?"

Ying smiled and said, "I'm fine."

Elhesen said, "As I said, this device was personally instructed and improved by the Red King."

"Besides, it's just data entry, there won't be any problems."

Paimon was relieved to hear this, then shrugged and asked, "So what we just did was useless? I don't understand at all..."

Al-Hysen shook his head and said, "It's normal not to understand. These details weren't meant for people like you."

"People like us... huh?"

Paimon felt offended.

Before Paimon could react, Alhesen spoke up, explaining, "This plan is specifically targeted at those who have long relied on the Void."

“From your perspective, all of this is unbelievable. But for those who have always relied on the void, everything that appears in their minds is the truth.”

Ying and Paimon nodded to indicate that they understood.

They have been trying to understand this principle ever since they began to contact the higher-ups of the Order of the Church.

Whether it's Caesar, Narcida, or the Red King...

In Sumeru, anyone in a higher position or with higher intelligence can basically understand this point, and therefore will try to minimize the use of the void.

"Imagine if you were born with a device that grants you access to the void, always providing support and assistance whenever you need it..."

"How will you all become over time?"

[If you wear the void for too long, you'll become a blockhead and lose all your own opinions.]

[This is a source of immense joy for fans of the Three-Body Problem.]

The medium is the message, the extension of man, and the interception. Merely consuming information without critical thinking will only turn one into a puppet manipulated by the media.

[The protagonists in system novels who are heavily reliant on the system are like this; they follow the system's lead and become its slaves.]

The main theme of the Sumeru Chapter emphasizes that technology can develop, but it should not lead to dependence or loss of initiative.

Paimon tentatively asked, "Turn into... a glutton? An idiot?"

Ying looked at Paimon with a helpless expression and said, "Didn't Caesar tell us about this? It will cause us to lose the ability to think independently."

"Once a person loses the effort to think, he or she will become someone who only acts according to instructions throughout his or her life."

Ying gave her own answer.

Al-Hysen nodded and said, "My thoughts coincide with yours. If things continue like that, people will only become slaves to commands."

This is also why "rules" are important.

"Furthermore, those who understand the rules can draw boundaries and figure out the gray areas." Al-Hysen was clearly referring to someone like himself.

"Would it be good for you to figure out the gray area?" Paimon asked.

"I just find these ambiguous areas interesting," said Elhesen, arms crossed. "And they can bring additional benefits."

"Although it's not the first time I've met you, I still find the things you focus on quite strange... Are all Sumeru scholars like this?"

“I am just an isolated case and do not represent the whole group,” Elhesen said. “However, that sage Caesar and I should be the same kind of people.”

"Speaking of Caesar, I have another question," Paimon asked again. "Whether it's you or Caesar, your assessment of the Void is that it does more harm than good, so why are you still using it today?"

"Logically speaking, as a sage, Caesar should have the authority to disable the Void Terminal for Sumeru, right?"

"That's true," said Elhesen. "After all, he was the 'Last Sage,' who held the position of sage 500 years ago."

"After I saw the drawbacks of the void, I asked Caesar the same question you asked me."

Ying asked, "So what was the result?"

Al-Hysen shrugged and said, "He told me to just keep it to myself and not to tell anyone else."

"what?"

"what?"

Both Ying and Paimon were somewhat surprised by this answer.

Elhesen explained, "Clearly, this 'Last Sage' had his own considerations. The fact that the Void has evolved to the point where everyone has one is, I think, intentional on his part."

“Uh…” Paimon scratched his head and looked at Ying, asking, “Why do I feel like I’ve seen this development somewhere before?”

"Could it be that Caesar is the last enemy we'll face?"

[Caesar: So you've found out. Looks like I can't hide any longer! That's right, I am the Doctor's 9527th slice, codename Pangolin!]

Paimon clearly suffers from novel syndrome.

A teammate who's usually reliable suddenly starts acting strangely, either wanting a knife or plotting betrayal. A common trope in anime.

[Let's hope the villain turns out to be Caesar.]

If Caesar really is the final boss of the Sumeru arc, then I declare the main course at the victory celebration will be Paimon stewed in an iron pot!

Ying shook her head and said, "I don't think it's very realistic."

"After all, if Caesar really had other ideas, I don't think Nasita would not have been unaware of them. Don't forget, Nasita can read minds. It's impossible for Caesar to have been without any flaws for 500 years."

"Not to mention Mingyuan and Zhuge Xun."

"With them around, if something were really wrong with Caesar, it wouldn't be that only we noticed it 500 years ago."

Al-Hysen nodded and said, "A reasonable guess."

"It was precisely because of the presence of the Little Lucky Grass King that even though I suspected Caesar had his own motives for allowing the Void Terminals to proliferate, I did not intend to continue investigating."

"Investigating things beyond one's own capabilities is not the act of a wise person. The correct approach is to report it to higher authorities and let them handle it."

"Alright, let's stop with the small talk."

Al-Hysen turned and walked toward the Gilded Brigade's camp, saying as he went:

"Next, I'm going to work on some small projects with these tainted henchmen in the camp. You can go to Kawan Station and find Seno to help with the next preparation."

"A small project?" Ying asked doubtfully.

“Move your fingers and do some minor tweaks to the Void Terminal…” Elhesen’s voice gradually faded into the air.