Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

The next day, Paimon and Ying stretched after getting up, and after washing up, they set off to meet up with Dina Zede.

Soon the two arrived at the agreed-upon location, where Dina Zede had been waiting for some time.

"Luminous and Paimon, I'm waiting for you."

"Good morning, Dina Zede. We seem to have overslept a little, hehe."

"No, I just arrived too early." Dina Zede didn't blame the two of them, and then let out a long sigh of relief, "This day has finally come, every minute and every second is as precious as gold."

"After all, Dina Zede has put in a lot of effort for this day, so we need to cheer up and enjoy it!"

"Hehe, that's right! But I still had insomnia last night. I hope my health won't hold me back. Shall we go? Let's browse the stalls over there first."

Dina Zede's overflowing joy undoubtedly infected everyone watching the video, and for a moment, many heartfelt words of congratulations appeared on the screen, making Dina Zede a little embarrassed.

On the way to the shopping street, Dina Zede mentioned that many vendors spontaneously set up stalls at the Flower Goddess Festival and refused subsidies. Now, when they go shopping, they do so more to show their gratitude.

[Navilette (Genshin Impact): Refusing subsidies, so the original plan was to leverage the profit-driven nature of merchants to prevent the Flora Festival from becoming too deserted?]

[Dina Zede (Genshin Impact): After all, this was a long-awaited Flower Goddess Festival to celebrate the birthday of the Little Lucky Grass King. Even though the Grass God hadn't appeared in public for a long time, I didn't want the event to be too quiet. I just didn't expect everyone to feel the same way.]

[Keqing (Genshin Impact): I've heard about this too. It's said that the Little Lucky Grass King has been living in seclusion in the Pure Land, contemplating the survival and development of Sumeru, while its daily management has been entrusted to the higher-ups, led by the Grand Sage of the Order of the Cult. But judging from what you guys, Paimon, have said, the truth seems to be different, right?]

[Paimon (Genshin Impact): That's right! The so-called reclusive lifestyle was actually a lie told by the Great Sage. The truth is that the Great Sage and his followers, realizing that Narcida wasn't as omniscient and omnipotent as they imagined, imprisoned her in the Pure Land in disappointment, claiming that Narcida needed to rest and that she needed to apply for an audience with the Grass God.]

[Fu Xuan (Starry Sky Railway): To this day, I still don't understand how a group of ordinary mortals could imprison a god.]

[Narcida (Genshin Impact): That's because they used a device called the Void.]

[Fu Xuan (Starry Sky Railway): Void?]

[Paimon (Genshin Impact): Ah! I think I forgot to mention the Void!]

[Narcida (Genshin Impact): It's alright, Paimon. I think it's better if I explain the Void myself. The so-called Void is a device I created using the Heart of God to combat forbidden knowledge. It helps me unify the wisdom of everyone within the Void, thus unleashing power far beyond imagination.]

[Dr. Truth (Hyperion): In other words, the so-called Void is a massive server, and humans are the ports that can connect to this server. When necessary, the computing power of all ports can be integrated to solve the same problem together, right? But what I'm more curious about is what that forbidden knowledge is, and how you, as the creator of the Void, who should have the highest authority, were imprisoned inside.]

[March 7 (Starry Sky Railway): No wonder everyone has an earphone-like thing on their right ear; that's the terminal for the void device?]

[Paimon (Genshin Impact): That's right!]

[Narcida (Genshin Impact): Server? Port? These are words I don't recognize, but I can sense that what you're saying is the same as what I'm saying. Forbidden knowledge, broadly speaking, is all knowledge that doesn't belong to Teyvat itself. It possesses a terrifying corrupting power, capable of eroding and polluting everything in Teyvat. The reason I'm imprisoned in the Void is because the Hall of Purity is both my residence and my meditation room. Inside, there's a barrier that isolates me from the outside. Originally, this barrier had two control switches, one for the outside and one for the inside, but the Sage secretly modified it while I was away, so it can only be opened and closed from the outside. At that time, all I could think about was whether it was my own inadequacy, so I willingly allowed myself to be imprisoned within.]

[Dr. Truth (Hyperion): Insecure and craving validation from others, it's truly pathetic that a wise deity would behave this way!]

[Narcida (Genshin Impact): Perhaps, but for me at that time, having lost my memories and powers, who I was was always my goal. Besides, back then, I was immature and focused solely on becoming a worthy god in people's eyes; I was too self-reflective. Now I've come to terms with it and won't have those extreme thoughts anymore.]

Along the way, Dina Zede introduced Paimon and Ying to a lot about the food culture of Sumeru. Afterwards, she conducted a unique alchemical divination with a student from the Faculty of Orders. The principle behind this alchemical divination sounded quite casual.

[Abedo (Genshin Impact): Using two random materials as alchemy tools, and interpreting the patterns formed by the dust produced when alchemy fails—it's an interesting method of divination.]

[Narcida (Genshin Impact): After all, everything is interconnected, and everything can point to destiny. In my opinion, this is also an ancient wisdom.]

[Frinna (Genshin Impact): Fate...]

[Nawilette (Genshin Impact): Is there a problem with Ms. Frynn?]

[Fryna (Genshin Impact): Eh? No...no! What questions could I possibly have? Don't forget, I'm a god. How could a god have any questions?]

The divination results for Ying in the picture have also come out; the pattern on the moon's side is formed by dust.

The conclusion reached by the students of the Order Academy after consulting reference books was that it was all illusion and lies, which, in Dina Zede's words, was not a good result. A student nearby then added their own explanation, this time using the book's interpretation without any hesitation.

"However, the book says that as long as you trust your intuition and overcome your fears, the sun will surely rise."

"As expected, fate only ever shows you the surface; you still have to rely on yourself to reach the end. Haha, thank you so much, I'll take that into consideration."

After exchanging pleasantries at the stall, the group continued towards another stall. Along the way, Dina Zede excitedly explained the past Flower Goddess Festival to the two of them, her sparkling eyes revealing her longing.

As they walked, the group came to a stall surrounded by children.