Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Zhongli lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Really? I feel very normal."

"That's the biggest abnormality." Gui Zhong's words made the air suddenly freeze.

Hualong's fingers unconsciously rubbed the gun barrel: "What do you mean?"

"Because normally Lisa is carefree. After helping a passing caravan eliminate bandit threats, she would even be very excited to show off her achievements to others. But today, she was too quiet."

"Isn't it because of the mirage?" Karen walked over and asked.

"If that's the case, it's not difficult to explain." Zhongli suddenly said sternly, "But there's a flaw in what she said this afternoon."

"What's going on?" Mo Yan asked.

"She said that in the sealed area of ​​the mirage, guiding signs will only appear at certain times."

"Is there a problem?" Kailin was stunned.

"Of course, from a universal point of view, since Lisa and Mirage share the same origin, she shouldn't need any guiding signs at all. She should be able to sense Mirage's existence directly." Zhongli's voice was low and firm.

The temple fell into deathly silence in an instant.

Hualong's pupils suddenly contracted: "That is to say."

"Lisa is lying? She's stalling for time, wanting to face Mirage alone!" Gui Zhong was so surprised that he immediately turned his gaze to Zhongli, "Don't you know this? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Zhongli slowly opened his amber eyes, and a ray of rock elemental light condensed on his fingertips: "Because I am waiting too."

"Wait? Waiting for what?" Karen stamped her feet anxiously.

The light of the rock element transformed into an exquisite compass in Zhongli's palm, and the needle was trembling violently, pointing to the northwest.

"Wait for this."

Hualong's eyes widened: "You have a trick, Brother Zhongli!"

"But since you knew it a long time ago, why didn't you stop her?" Gui Zhong asked again.

"Because we can't stop her." Zhongli turned his head and said seriously, "Guizhong, you've taken care of her for two hundred years, so you should know something about Perissa's character. Even if we find something unusual, she'll hide it from us. Just like now, she's deliberately avoiding everyone and acting alone. This actually makes me believe that the real sealed place must be extremely dangerous. She would rather deceive us and go there alone."

"So, she wants to deal with the mirage herself?" Karen was shocked.

"But no matter what, she is our companion. No matter what, we can't let her take risks alone." Zhao Heng said seriously.

"That's right, let's go together and save Senior Lisa!" Leng Yue said.

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At this time, deep in the forest, Perissa walked through the trees, and under her feet were monsters that had fallen to the ground due to the poisonous fog.

"Come on... go back to where you belong..."

The sound grew closer, coiling around her thoughts like a poisonous snake.

Perissa stopped, frowned, and shouted to the sky: "Mirage! Lisa is here. Lisa knows that you are here and have broken the seal. Don't hide anymore!"

As soon as the words fell, the fog around him suddenly surged violently. The next second, it quickly condensed and formed a purple spiral gate.

"Son of Disaster, I'll be waiting for you at the 'end'..."

"Is this... a trick?" Perissa looked at the spiral door and took a deep breath.

But when she stepped through the door, the surrounding environment changed completely.

What comes into view is not a dim woods, a gloomy cave, or a miasma-filled abyss, but a simple and harmonious village. However, all of this is destroyed by "her" arrival.

When a girl is born, she is so curious about everything around her.

She walked through the market, full of interest in all the new things. The villagers were curious and friendly to this sudden appearance of white-haired girl, giving her candy and teaching her how to weave wreaths.

Until the purple poisonous fog began to spread.

"Plague, it's a plague!"

People who came into contact with the poisonous mist suffered ulcers on their limbs, while others collapsed in agony, wailing one after another. The girl looked at her hands in horror; the deadly mist had indeed escaped from her body.

"See, this is your true nature. We are the embodiment of disaster, and it is our destiny to bring death to all things."

"No... Lisa won't accept such a fate!" Perissa shouted, but as soon as she finished speaking, everything around her changed again.

"Devil, leave our village!"

"With you here, nothing good will happen to any of us!"

"It's all because of you. I don't know whether my child is dead or alive!"

Endless insults and hatred poured in like a tide. The villagers, armed with torches and farm tools, forced the girl out of the village. At the same time, they hired countless mercenaries to attack her, but because of her mist, almost no one was willing to approach her.

Even so, Perissa did not retaliate. She just dug her fingertips deep into her palm. This was the past she least wanted to recall, and it was also Mirage's most proud "masterpiece".

"Admit it, you and I are no different."

The sound of mirage came from all directions.

"They hate you, they fear you, and they will eventually abandon you."

"Even so, Lisa...will not go along with you!" she said seriously.

Mirage smiled without saying anything, and in a blink of an eye the environment changed again.

On a rainy night, the girl huddled in a cave, soaking wet and shivering. Her white hair, wet from the rain, clung to her pale cheeks. Purple mist seeped uncontrollably from her body, corroding the surrounding vegetation.

"No... I'm not a disaster, nor am I the culprit. I just... I just want to be friends with everyone..."

The girl cried alone, her tears mixing with the rain and slowly flowing down her cheeks.

Suddenly, a figure in a red robe appeared at the entrance of the cave.

The man was in the rain without an umbrella, and the rain seemed to be separated by some invisible force. Not a drop fell on him, and not a drop splashed on the girl.

"Are you the girl born from the plague?"

The girl was stunned, because she felt only fear from the other party's dangerous aura.

"Who are you?"

"Holy One, the Keeper of Order. Or you can call me Father."

"Father?"

The girl stood there in a daze.

The Saint nodded and then slowly approached her.

Seeing this, the girl immediately shrank back in horror, and purple mist surged violently around her.

"Don't... don't come over here. Anyone who gets close to me will..."

But before he could finish his words, he had already touched the ends of her hair as he squatted. The poisonous mist, strong enough to corrode steel, entwined itself docilely around his fingertips, like a tamed young animal.

"They can't harm me, because this poisonous fog is a product of the elemental power within me. During the Sangyang Rebellion, the Sangyang people spread a terrible plague here. I intended to contain the plague and then dispel it, but who knew that the combination of elemental power and plague would unexpectedly give birth to you."

The Saint's fingers gently brushed the girl's hair, and the poisonous mist turned into tiny purple light spots in his palm, floating away like fireflies.