Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Peruvian's voice trembled with disbelief. She reached out, as if wanting to touch the cloth with ancient patterns hanging from the stall next to her, but her fingertips stopped just before touching it, as if she was afraid it was just a fragile dream.

Kailin and Mo Yan followed behind her, looking at the even more unfamiliar environment in front of them, their hearts filled with complicated emotions.

"We really went back to the past, but what is the timeline now..." Kailin first sighed, then wondered.

Mo Yan did not answer, but just looked at Peruvian.

"Nothing happens without reason in this world, and Diablo's Time Stone would never bring them to this specific time without reason, unless..."

He frowned slightly and recalled the scene before he traveled through time.

At that time, Peruvian was immersed in the grief of losing her teacher, and the longing words "I really want to see you again..." were still fresh in her mind.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly jumped, and an idea flashed through his mind like lightning.

"Could it be... that Diablo's gem sensed Perville's longing and reacted accordingly? If so, then the current timeline is..."

"Heh..." Pelville suddenly sighed, "As expected... although the memory has become fuzzy, the feeling... is exactly the same."

She stopped and looked at the towering castle at the end of the street with a complicated expression.

Mo Yan took two steps forward: "So this is indeed..."

"Yeah." She nodded slightly. "If I remember correctly, now is when Clive and I just started training camp."

"Just joined?" Kailin was stunned. "Does this mean the current timeline is not only 200 years ago, but also 20 years before the Sangyang Rebellion?"

"That's right." Peruvili's voice was calm and reassuring. "At this point in time, Sang Yang's shadow hasn't yet enveloped the earth, and the teacher..."

Her voice paused and she didn't say those words. At the same time, from her expression, Mo Yan and Kailin could guess some of her thoughts.

Mo Yan took a few steps forward: "You... want to save your teacher, right?"

Pelveli didn't answer immediately, but her silent expression betrayed her.

"Well, I don't deny that I have such thoughts. After finally returning to the past, I believe that anyone who has experienced this would want to change those regrettable endings."

"Heh..." Hearing this, Mo Yan sighed softly, "Ms. Peruvian, although I understand your pain, Diablo said that the cause and effect of history cannot be easily changed by personal will. Even if we forcibly intervene, history will correct itself through other means."

He recalled Diablo's indifferent and helpless tone when he showed them history, and the feeling of helplessness he felt when he tried to replace terrorists with demons, but history continued to develop in its established direction.

Peruvian clenched her fists slightly. How could she not understand this? As a contractor who had experienced a long time, she understood better than anyone the stubbornness of time and the weight of history.

"I know...but the scene before me is indeed unforgettable..." Her voice fell, with a deep sense of powerlessness.

Witnessing this vivid past, untouched by tragedy, the urge to change one's fate becomes increasingly difficult to suppress.

"Even if it's just... to look at her again, that would be fine." Peruvili's voice was barely audible, with a hint of almost humble pleading.

Seeing this, Mo Yan sighed again, "Oh, forget it. Even if you accompany her for 20 years, what's coming will still come. Doing this will only add to the sadness. Why bother? In my opinion, the most urgent thing is to find the Time Stone first, and then find a way to leave here. The stone has returned here with us due to the turbulence of time, and it must be somewhere in this era."

He looked around, his eyes sweeping over the streets, stalls and pedestrians.

"That's true, but where should we find it?" Karen asked with her hands spread out.

Peruvian was silent for a moment. Although she did not move forward, she did not seem to have any intention of going back. She took a deep breath and slowly turned her back.

"Since I have no clue, I'll go to a place I used to go to. It shouldn't be a problem." Her voice returned to its usual calmness, but she didn't turn around.

As soon as he finished speaking, he left before the two of them could react.

"No, wait a minute!" Karen shouted, but it was too late.

Peruvili's figure blended into the bustling crowd and disappeared after a few turns, like a drop of water flowing into a river.

"Forget it, let her go." Mo Yan sighed, "But she's right. Since we have no clue, we might as well go around and look around first."

"This is the only way." Kailin said with her hands spread out.

……

The two walked aimlessly in the market, trying to find clues about the Time Stone, or at least get familiar with the environment here. After all, it was not much different from the future.

The streets were bustling with people, and the sounds of hawking were endless.

"Look over there! There are so many people gathered together!" Karen suddenly pointed at the crowd surging not far away.

Kailin's curiosity piqued, so she pulled Mo Yan into the crowd, looking like she was eager to see the fun: "Let's go, let's go and see what's going on!"

"Hey, why are you..." Mo Yan was pulled into the crowded crowd before he could finish his words.

However, the crowd was like a tide, and Kailin was only concerned with pushing forward, dragging Mo Yan along with her, unable to move. When they finally managed to steady themselves from the shove, they were lost, and when they regained their composure, the surroundings had changed.

This is no longer a bustling market, but a relatively neat street with many young people wearing uniform leather armor and looking nervous or excited standing on both sides.

These young men were lined up in a rather untidy formation, slowly moving forward. In the distance ahead, the outline of a fairly large camp could be vaguely seen. The fluttering flag was embroidered with a majestic Western dragon, while the flags on either side featured a phoenix and a tiger, respectively.

"Hey? Where is this?" Karen looked around blankly.

Mo Yan looked at the young men around him who were obviously reservists, then glanced at the solemn camp gate in front of him. His heart skipped a beat, "It seems we've infiltrated someplace terrible..."

"Ah?!" Kailin's eyes widened. "No way?"

At this moment, a middle-aged man in instructor's uniform and with a serious face walked over. His sharp eyes swept across the team and finally fell on Mo Yan and Kailin, who were obviously different from the surrounding style.

"You two! What are you dawdling for?" the instructor said in a loud voice, carrying unquestionable authority. "The team is almost entering the camp, why don't you hurry up and catch up! Do you want to be punished on the first day?!"

Mo Yan and Kailin looked at each other.

"Um, instructor, we actually..." Kailin tried to explain.