Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Hearing this, Clara lowered her head and thought for a long time.

"Well, if the necessary work isn't too much, I'll moderate it." She nodded.

"Yeah! That's right." Keli smiled. "Also, if you have time, you should find a chance to come back to the courtyard. After all, the children miss you very much."

Just as she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, right. You should at least wear a pair of shoes when you come here. After all, you don't want to leave a bad impression on the children."

Clara sighed angrily and shook her head: "For you who always use Mr. Long Tianhao's name to scare children, this has no persuasive power at all."

Hearing this, Kailin was confused again.

"Huh? Scare the kids? What's going on?"

"It's to use his name as a warning to disobedient children. Normally, Klee would tell the children stories and play games with them. But there were always a few disobedient children who would cause trouble and bully the others. To discipline them, she would say, 'In the abyss, if a child disobeys, the great devil will reach out from the shadows at midnight and drag the bad child into eternal darkness.'"

Clara deliberately imitated Kelly's accent, which left Karen speechless.

"Well, although I don't have a good impression of that guy Rednos, I'd like to ask, in the eyes of the people of the Abyss, what impression does he leave on you..."

Klee lowered her head and thought, "Guardian of Shadows? That title is well-deserved. After all, he did save us all."

She looked at Clara, who was also beginning to figure it out.

"In the children's impressions, everyone calls him the Dark Lord. Just like what Gresh said, his personality is unpredictable and he holds grudges."

Kailin was silent for a moment. "Well, how should I put it? It does fit the impression he gave us, but that title is a bit too much of a joke. In my opinion, we should just call him the Big Bad Devil!"

Hearing this, Clara became anxious: "Don't do that, it will teach the child bad habits!"

Keli nodded. "That's right. Children are like pieces of paper. Out of curiosity, they will often imitate the behavior of those around them. If you're not careful, they might learn bad habits."

"So the orphanage pays special attention to each child's social life before they grow up, and even hires special teachers to teach the children correct values," said Clara.

"Really... Sorry, I was abrupt." Kailin said embarrassedly.

"It's okay. Actually, we sometimes lose our composure in front of our children. As long as we correct ourselves in time and tell them it's wrong, it's fine." Kelly smiled, then lowered her voice. "By the way, I raised Clara and Grace, too~"

"Huh? So that's how it is?" Kailin asked in surprise. "Ms. Keli, with all due respect, how old are you this year?"

Keli was stunned for a moment. "As for my age... I can't remember exactly. I just remember that it was over 2000 years before I came to the Abyss."

“Two, two thousand years old?!” Karin’s chopsticks fell to the table with a clatter.

Klee chuckled softly, a flickering flame igniting on her fingertips: "Elves live much longer than humans~"

The flame turned into a fluttering butterfly in her palm.

"But..." She suddenly leaned close to Kailin, and her rose-scented breath brushed against the girl's ear: "The lady's age is a secret~"

"Wow!" Kailin blushed and leaned back, almost falling off the chair. "I'm saying, are you this open to everyone?"

"Of course not." She smiled slightly, then looked at Clara, "I usually only do this to Clara and her friends."

As she spoke, she suddenly sat up and said, "Okay, everyone should have finished eating. What are your plans next? If not, I have a place to recommend."

Mo Yan replied, "It doesn't matter what we say, but is it really okay for you not to go back to the orphanage?"

Keli folded her arms and smiled. "I'm not the only one in the orphanage. Besides, the place I recommended is actually run by the children from the orphanage. What's the harm in stopping by?"

……

In a laboratory deep in the abyss, the screen was flashing alarms frantically, and several scientists in white coats were constantly checking the data, but there was no progress.

At this time, Rednos walked in from outside.

"Ah, Lord Shadow King." The middle-aged man who led the group quickly walked towards him.

Seeing this, Rednos calmly raised his hand to stop him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Have you found anything yet?"

The man shook his head. "Not yet. We've checked the system, but they seem to be deliberately hiding their tracks. Whenever they detect an external signal source, the system displays an error. Dr. Buddy speculates that they've likely added shortwave interference to the frequency to avoid detection."

Rednos lowered his head and pondered, "Really? Then what are their intentions? Have you discovered anything yet?"

"Not yet." At this moment, a thin, sallow-faced young man, appearing harmless but with a sinister look in his eyes, approached. "I've checked the Abyss's database, and neither the firewall surrounding the data nor the data itself show any obvious signs of theft. Of course, considering the other party's methods, I can't rule out the possibility of a deception."

"Interesting. The abyss has been in chaos because of the creation of program anomalies and the use of security agencies, while the mastermind behind the scenes has been hiding behind the scenes and keeping silent. What do you think his purpose is?" Rednos asked with a smile, his hands folded.

"Is it just to create chaos and then take advantage of the opportunity?" The middle-aged man looked at the young man and said.

"No matter what their motive is, they will definitely take action next."

"That's right," Rednos said, lowering his hands. "Besides you two, there shouldn't be anyone else in the outside world with such advanced skills in the entire abyss, right?"

The man in the middle hesitated a bit: "I don't agree with this point."

The young man smiled slightly: "In that case, Your Excellency, do you already know who did it?"

Rednos smiled slightly. "Of course. I've met him before. Because of what happened back then, he probably holds a grudge against me."

……

Somewhere in the abyss, in a modern workshop, the sound of keyboard tapping could be heard from time to time.

Etter stood before the screen, his fingers rapidly tapping away at the virtual keyboard. The dark blue data stream reflected in his pupils, a sneer curling his lips.

"Interesting, really interesting."

On the screen in front of him, the three-dimensional structure of the abyss was being analyzed layer by layer. However, what appeared more frequently was the composition of the warning mechanism.