Genshin Impact: I am the Great General of Liyue

Seeing Ying look over and ask this question, Huiyuan's mind went blank for a moment.

Huh? I'm involved too? I only had the script, I wasn't involved in anything! I guess I'll just... tell a lie for now.

"Because I used some means to spy on the occurrence of that cataclysm. However, I didn't get much information. I only know that your brother is still alive, but his whereabouts are unknown in some corner of Teyvat. You came to this world five hundred years ago, but for some reason, you have never woken up. I can tell fortunes, so it's reasonable that I can figure these things out, right?"

Mixing truth with falsehood is the highest level of lying.

Huiyuan has seen the plot and said she has glimpsed the past history, is that okay?

Since there's no problem, it's okay if I know Kong is the Abyss Prince, but I say he's somewhere in Teyvat without a fixed location, right?

Hearing this explanation, Ying was completely baffled.

I hate riddle tellers the most.

Unfortunately, Huiyuan is my best friend, so I can only spoil her. If I don't want to talk about it, then so be it.

(At least... Yuanbao gave the information that my brother is still alive, which means she's more on my side, and that's enough. Moreover, she also revealed my true enemy, Tianli... the one who upholds Tianli and is preventing my brother and me from leaving.)

At this moment, Paimon pondered, "...So, your brother, because he woke up first, must have understood this world better than you back then."

Dyne added, "And what followed was that you soon encountered a strange deity blocking your path and were unable to escape... I understand. You had just awakened and were in a hurry to leave this world, completely unaware of any background information about the place name 'Kanria.' But now that you know a little about Teyvat, you've guessed that the battle you experienced back then was the 'Battle of Kanria,' right?"

Listening to Dain's guess, Paimon suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, so you seem to have consulted quite a few ancient books during our months of traveling together. Before going to Mondstadt, you only read some vague information, and later you collected some old books in Mondstadt and Liyue, but you said they were 'not very useful'... So you actually wanted to know more about Kanria, and it was to find your brother?"

Ying nodded and admitted, "This is a clue second only to the Seven Gods."

"Yes, that's true. To find the Seven Gods, one can travel across the Seven Kingdoms. But Kanria, which was destroyed five hundred years ago, can no longer be found."

There is a ranking chart in the film that is used to classify the importance of each clue.

Currently, the first things that can help me find my brother are Dai Yin and Hui Yuan, followed by the seven gods, and then those ancient books.

What is the connection between the brother and Kanria? What is the relationship between the Abyss Order and Kanria?

"I probably know more about Kanria than you do."

At that moment, Daines Reeb suddenly spoke.

"Kanria is a kingdom without gods. The gods did not die or leave, but rather never existed in Kanria's history from the beginning. It is a powerful kingdom built solely by humans, who are proud of its unprecedented prosperity and glorious civilization."

Unlike Liyue, which has lost its gods, Kanria has been led and established by humans from the very beginning.

This is easy for the Hunyuans to understand, but for Paimon or the Teyvats, it's a world-shaking thing.

How could this be possible without gods?

"And what happened next was just as you remember: everything was destroyed by the gods."

Listening to Dain's explanation, Paimon asked, puzzled, "You mean...?"

Five hundred years ago, the gods descended together and destroyed Kanria. They uprooted human pride like weeds from the garden of the gods...

As she said these words, a hint of anger flashed in Dain's eyes.

Paimon was also very shocked.

"How could this be...? It's not mentioned in history books..."

Ying also felt a chill rise in her heart, and began to feel afraid of the unknown, and missed her brother even more.

This is outrageous. Even in some extreme worlds where a race has been exterminated, there would be evidence that they once existed. But now... there is no record of Kanria in history books.

The seven gods of the mortal world appear to be harmonious and loving, but beneath their masks lie bloodthirsty demons.

But Huiyuan thought differently from everyone else present.

(No records were left... This sounds familiar. Could it be from the World Tree trunk? The name Kanria was erased from the World Tree... Perhaps the culprit who completely wiped out the records of Kanria was not the gods of the mortal world. Or perhaps they were, but there was another reason, and they had to do it? What did the Great Tree King do?)

At this point, Dain said, "Well, continuing to talk about the past here will only wear one down. Let's move on. I'll tell you about what you want to know along the way."

Seeing this, Ying nodded and set a goal in her mind.

(But next time I see Wendy and Zhongli, I'll probably need to hear their explanation.)

Following the trail, they soon discovered several more Abyss Mages.

Hiding behind the bushes, everyone looked over.

Paimon said, "It's the Ruins Guardians and Abyss Mages again. Dain just said that these ancient machines, like the Abyss Order, originated from Kanria... Could it be that Kanria has many ruins that need protection?"

"No. The name 'Ruin Guardian' is a modern name given by people based on modern impressions. No one called them that five hundred years ago. The machines that are now called Ruin Guardians were originally codenamed 'Tillage Machines' in Kanria."

"Tiller? What a strange name."

Ying retorted, "So they're farm tools?! But what about those lethal weapons...?"

Huiyuan guessed, "Using missiles to plow the land? That's interesting."

Just as everyone's impression of the one-eyed guardian of the ruins was skewed, Dain began to explain.

"It's not what you think. The so-called 'plowing machine' is actually a code name. The ancient Kanriyans created code names for their weapons. 'Land is not plowed with tools, but fought for with iron and blood.'—Based on this philosophy, the plowing machine was born."

Hearing this idea, Paimon's impression of Canria worsened.

What kind of country would utter such terrifying words?

"It doesn't feel like it has a good meaning..."

Upon hearing Paimon's assessment, Dain paused for a moment before continuing his explanation.

"After the fall of Kanria, these unmastered tillers went out of control. They wandered aimlessly for a long time, gradually scattering across the various corners of the Teyvat continent. Perhaps because they shared the same fate as other ancient civilizations that had also perished, they often lingered in various ruins, dormant and in a state of semi-dormancy."