Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

"Quick, there he is!"

"Don't let that guy get away!"

In the haze, the black-haired boy stumbled forward carrying the man's body on his back. He passed the heavily guarded corridor, but when he pushed open the castle gate, he was already surrounded by the army.

The cold night wind blew in, but it couldn't blow away the suffocating despair.

"Good boy, keep running. You've become so powerful now, haven't you? You actually dared to betray us!"

The leading general's voice was loud and sarcastic, like a cold knife scraping across the boy's eardrums.

The young man's head shot up, a mixture of sweat and blood trickling down his forehead. He stared intently at the general, his eyes devoid of fear, only overwhelming hatred and a near-mad determination.

"Why? He saved us all, all of us, yet you poisoned him to death. If we're talking about betrayal, you're the real traitors!"

The boy's roar sounded particularly shrill in the silent night sky, and every word was soaked with anger and unwillingness.

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in imperial robes suddenly appeared in the crowd.

"Why? Because of his power. □□, you saw it. He easily wiped out the Sahasrsk army with a flip of his hand. What if such a dangerous person ever betrays us? Therefore, I cannot and will never allow such an uncontrollable threat to exist in the world and threaten my country."

Every word the emperor spoke was like a poisoned ice cone, piercing the boy's heart.

"Just...just because of this?"

The boy's voice trembled with extreme anger and a sense of absurdity.

"Just because of your ridiculous suspicion and power, you want to kill the hero who saved the entire country? It's totally unreasonable!"

"hero?"

The emperor sneered.

"No, he is simply an overly dangerous weapon. And if a weapon cannot be absolutely controlled, it must be completely destroyed."

He slowly raised his hand, and the soldiers around him stepped forward together. The sound of the fully drawn bowstrings was teeth-grinding.

"As for you, □□, considering that you are also a member of the palace guard, if you lay down his body and surrender now, I may spare your life."

The young man looked at the emperor's self-righteous expression, then looked down at the pale yet serene face of the man in his arms, and finally looked around at the countless cold arrowheads.

He suddenly laughed, a sad and crazy laugh, with tears and blood.

"Spare my life? And then become an ungrateful, cowardly person like you?"

"Don't even think about it!"

He straightened his back, and although his body was shaky, his eyes were surprisingly bright.

"Stubborn and unyielding."

The emperor's eyes turned completely cold, he lost his last bit of patience, and waved his hand without hesitation.

"Shoot!"

Whoosh whoosh!

The dense sound of breaking through the air instantly tore through the night sky, and countless arrows poured down like a rainstorm of death, instantly engulfing the stubborn and thin figure.

The young man and the other man continued to resist until they were pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows.

"I'm sorry, Master □□, but in the end, I still can't... If there is an afterlife..."

thump!

The unfinished words froze on his bloodstained lips. His head drooped weakly, his messy black hair covering his eyes that burned with unwillingness and loyalty until his death. But his straight spine never bent, like a monument guarding his final oath.

……

"Uh!"

Mo Yan suddenly woke from his sleep, his eyes open, his heart pounding violently. The cold feeling of a thousand arrows piercing his heart and the endless hatred in his dream still lingered clearly in his senses, making his breathing rapid.

So...was it just a dream...?

But why...

He stood up and looked towards the window. Outside, the sky was still dark, with only a few sparse stars dotted the deep night sky. The lights of the city in the distance were like hazy sleepy eyes, not yet fully awake.

He walked downstairs and gently opened the dormitory door. The corridor was dark and the hall was very quiet. The dormitory doors of Kailin, Zixuan and Zhao Heng were closed. Only when he stood at the door could he occasionally hear Kailin talking in her sleep.

Seeing this, he didn't think much about it, closed the door, continued to lie on the bed, and fell asleep again not long after.

……

Early in the morning, Mona knocked on the door, delivered the prepared breakfast into the room, and then returned to the front desk.

At the table, Kailin devoured her food voraciously. Zixuan nibbled delicately, her posture graceful. Zhao Heng ate in silence, as composed as ever. Only Mo Yan seemed distracted. He stabbed the food on his plate with his fork, his eyes wandering, clearly still lost in the all-too-real and tragic dream of last night.

"Hey, Mo Yan!" Kailin shouted after swallowing the food in her mouth. "What are you daydreaming about? The bacon is fried so deliciously today. If you don't eat it now, I'll help you get it!"

Mo Yan snapped back to his senses, met Kailin's inquiring gaze, and forced a smile: "Nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."

"Having a nightmare?" Zhao Heng asked.

Mo Yan nodded: "Yeah, a... very strange dream."

"What? Tell me in detail." Karen showed a gossipy expression.

"It's not about Rednos, is it? After all, you have obtained his guardian certificate, and now you can share his contract." Zi Xuan put down the cutlery in her hand, wiped the corner of her mouth elegantly with a napkin, and looked at Mo Yan with a hint of understanding.

"What do you mean? When you get the guardian certificate, will you also..." Mo Yan asked with a blink.

Zhao Heng nodded. "Well, whether it's Yaohui or Xueyan, after I got their credentials, sometimes at night I can more or less see some information about their past. I think it's the same for you, right?"

"Yes, that's true." Zixuan nodded gently. "When I first got Chiye and Yang's guardian certificates, I often dreamed of their memories before and after becoming guardians, and they were very real."

"Really? I didn't notice it." Kailin scratched her head and said calmly.

Mo Yan's hand gripping the fork paused slightly. The dark-haired boy's heart-wrenching cry and the feeling of being pierced by thousands of arrows in his dream resurfaced vividly. He was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Very similar... but not exactly." His voice was a little low. "Like you said, it feels very real, like I experienced it myself. A black-haired boy, carrying a corpse, surrounded by an army... and an ungrateful emperor..."

He briefly described the most profound fragments of the dream: the young man's despair and loyalty in repaying a favor, the emperor's suspicion and ruthlessness for power, and finally, the shocking scene.

The table fell silent, and even the usually boisterous Kailin restrained her smile and frowned slightly.

"That guy... does he have a past like that?" Karen muttered softly, showing a rare hint of caution.

"But didn't the boy in your dream die tragically on the spot with thousands of arrows piercing his heart? And Rednos is not only still alive, but Tianlang said that he looked like this when he appeared that year. There seems to be no connection between the two." Zixuan said with a hint of doubt.