The reason why they can use elemental power will be explained later; for now, even if you are curious, you won't get the answer.

We can only hope that Lin Qiu will write the rest of the story soon.

The adventure continues, and in the following explorations, Jade becomes the mood-maker, her lively little mouth never stopping, always looking for topics to talk about.

She chatted with everyone for a bit, including her own cold and aloof father.

Although she is the 'Daughter of the Desert', she actually left the desert at birth, so she is full of curiosity about the desert and asks her father about it.

Despite being called the 'Daughter of the Desert,' she is actually associated with water. Perhaps the desert is also a sea, so in the end, she is still the 'Daughter of the Sea.'

Jeborele seemed unwilling to discuss the desert or his past; the handsome man remained silent, only striking poses.

Jade clicked her tongue: "Tsk, it's always the same when I ask you. It's not like you have any earth-shattering secrets, what's there to hide?"

The audience's eyes sharpened.

Based on everyone's experience of reading so many books of prophecy, this statement doesn't seem to be baseless; there might really be some huge secret involved!

What secret could it be? Desert, mercenaries, passionate daughter, father with a secret—it all feels so familiar, like something out of a classic Chinese novel.

Oh, right? Isn't that Desia?

Could it be that there were some dirty, unspeakable evils recorded about Jeboreler that led him to flee the desert with his daughter?

Oh no! Readers feel that this handsome uncle, Zhebolele, is in trouble. They've already started imagining all sorts of bad endings. Is he going to have to 'slay the dragon' again?

The knife hasn't arrived yet, but the mature folks have already started scaring themselves.

The stories that the audience imagines are ultimately just that—imagination. At most, they might write some fan fiction. The actual story will have to wait and see how it unfolds.

The characters in the story explore this ruin, and it truly grows larger with each exploration. Those massive gates make it seem as if the water of the womb is sealed inside.

As the exploration deepened, Tirzad was the first to give up. As an indoor scholar, his physical strength couldn't keep up. He was not a weak scholar like Elhesen.

This has left some viewers dissatisfied, saying, "Hurry up and explore! I'm still waiting to see!"

What's wrong with being an indoor scholar? Aren't you indoors right now? This should be your comfort zone!

However, he stopped, and everyone else stopped to rest as well. Tirzad started to complain, but not about his teammates; he was complaining about his academic papers.

[Tirzad complained: "I'm always being told that academic research must be original, that I must have what others don't."]

[“But with such a long tradition in academia, and so many predecessors, what am I? I’m not some academic genius. If I can think of something, surely others can too?”]

Dude, even a student like me never expected to be so vulnerable here.

I thought the breaking point of this story would be about Jade and her father, but you've made us break down?

Especially Elani, she couldn't stand it anymore and said to delete this part. I'm fine with it, but one of my friends couldn't stand it.

She did manage to find academic gaps, and the papers she wrote passed plagiarism checks, but the problem was... every time she finished writing a paper, the topic was already outdated!

I finally managed to pass the plagiarism check once, but someone else intercepted it and published a similar paper, which would fail the plagiarism check at all.

Despair resonated even more with ordinary scholars; Elani was considered lucky, they couldn't even find a gap in their academic research.

Ordinary scholars were breaking down, but geniuses didn't resonate with it.

Academic gaps? Academic questions that need to be filled? Aren't they everywhere?

For an ordinary scholar like Tirzad, the knowledge he could access through his academic abilities had already been explored by others.

But for geniuses, they all stand at the pinnacle of academia, with nothing but blank spaces in sight, and every step they take is an academic advancement.

It's fortunate that ordinary people don't know what geniuses are thinking, otherwise they would have to break down again after hearing their ideas.

No, maybe I won't break down anymore, I said, relieved.

The Tirzad in the story is just an ordinary scholar, which is why he chose to take an unconventional approach and come to such a godforsaken place to conduct his research.

As mentioned earlier, some of the strange places in Teyvat are inhabited by either the Fools, treasure hunters, or Sumeru University students.

Seeing this, the audience felt a little more appreciative of Tirzad. It was quite impressive that he, as an ordinary person, dared to take risks.

Then, from his subsequent words, everyone learned that this research was unfinished by his relative, who had eloped with some unknown wild boy, leaving this research unfinished.

After all this fuss, it turns out they're actually a family of scholars; calling them ordinary people seems a bit odd...

People have focused on the wrong point in this sentence and haven't considered the "wild boy" aspect.

After all, I really didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary complaint would be a foreshadowing. That wild kid... that wild old man is standing right here. Teyvat is so small.

There's another reason why people didn't pay attention to 'Wild Boy': Tirzad's next remarks.

"Unable to construct any new theories, I had no choice but to try my luck in the field and see if I could find some new material to write a paper."

"Although the academic community has long reached a conclusion about the Red King, he was just another tyrant who brought about his own downfall..."

As we all know, humans love conflict, and this statement is the beginning of conflict.

At this moment, A Meng was just like Lü Meng, and both of their assessments of the polarized conflict made some sense.

The desert people were furious. They were indeed unaware of the academic matters, and hearing this conclusion from Tirzad's mouth naturally enraged them.

They have already read part of the Red King's story. The Red King can indeed be said to have brought about his own destruction, but he is not a tyrant!

However, as a 'wise god', he made a foolish decision.

Chapter 759 Benben

Tirzad used the word "again," but think about how Dekarapian was previously described as a tyrant. The people's lives during the Red King's era were much better than those under Dekarapian.

More importantly, the Wind God always referred to Dekalapian as "The Lone King," so how did the Red King become a tyrant?!

However, the anger was not directed at Tirzad, because he himself said that this was the academic consensus, and he was just a scholar who followed the books.

It's useless to criticize him; the academic community is the one that needs to debate. At this moment, the audience is anxious and eager to express their own opinions.

Unfortunately, the Teyvat theaters didn't have a live comment feature, so they had to wait and see.

Fortunately, Lin Qiu's prophecy book contained some stories about the Red King, otherwise the desert people would have been even more depressed.

It's so frustrating to watch others criticize your own gods every day without being able to argue with them.

However, this is actually a good thing; if we could really send comments, we would definitely start arguing.

[Zebolle retorted, "If your understanding of the Red King is limited to this, you'd better abandon the academic path in the first place, because it's foreseeable that you won't achieve anything."]

The desert dwellers felt a sense of relief. Great! There was a mouth double inside! And it was quite aggressive!

Other viewers thought: Hmm? Does this look like Elhesen?

A muscular physique, a cold and aloof yet aggressive tone, but not intentionally malicious—what is this? A desert-dark-skinned warrior version of Elhesen?

Zeberler was right; if you start a research project with a negative purpose, you might as well give up.

Because during the research process, there is a possibility that people will deliberately seek out relevant evidence in order to prove themselves right, and end up saying, "I knew it."

Tirzad couldn't stand this lesson and fainted from a few words from Jeborele. He really fainted and lay down on the ground.

He was still drunk, and this anger made him so angry that he fainted.

Paimon still has too much of a temper; even after being scolded by Elhesen, he was still able to continue eating without a care in the world.

In the story, Jeborele stayed to take care of him, while the traveler and Jade explored onward together.

Then, deep within the ruins, they encountered a small machine that looked like a 'triangle' flying in the air.

【? ? ?: "Beep beep?"】

This little gadget keeps beeping; if you find it annoying, you need to switch to turn-based mode.

It seems to be quite intelligent, constantly beeping as if trying to express something.

Shen He became somewhat interested in this and looked at Xianyun beside him: "Master."

He pointed to the small machine on the screen, and Xianyun immediately understood.

"Hmph, what's so special about that? Watch me... watch me make you an even more beautiful floating divine machine."

Aping chimed in, "Do we really need to invent floating, highly intelligent gadgets?"

She placed her hand on Gui Zhong's hair: "Isn't this it~?"

Gui Zhong was indeed very small and liked to float, but she still retorted, "Don't think that just because others name their pack animals 'Seleus,' you can name Xianyun's invention 'Gui Zhong.'"

A very clever answer. Ah Ping clearly meant that she was a floating little thing, but she said it was the name given to Xianyun's invention, directly denying the possibility that she was a 'floating spirit'.

Aping and Guizhong were bickering, and they couldn't tell whether they or the beeping machine on the screen was noisier.

To shut it up, you need to switch to turn-based combat, but Genshin Impact doesn't have turn-based combat. Luckily, Jade doesn't find it annoying.

"It can float like Paimon," Jade said. "Could it be a distant relative of Paimon?"

Paimon retorted, "Then I'd rather be related to pigeons!"

Cole recalled the time when Paimon was assembling the machine: 'Gaga, machine, gaga.'

A knowing smile. That's the good thing about long journeys; you can't help but recall things that you found funny back then.

Reading travelers' stories is so nice; it feels like the whole world is full of friends, and you can always receive kindness from everyone. Cole likes this feeling.

But Paimon didn't like the machine. She found it a bit strange, since it looked exactly like the machine that had attacked them before, only the size was different.

[Jade starts coaxing the child: "I think it looks a bit like Paimon, they're both so cute!"]

[Ying chimed in: "I also think Paimon is adorable."]

This dialogue really got the fans of the Fire Star shipper excited; Fire Star's ability to be direct is truly exceptional.

However, not many people ship them, for a simple reason: Ying and Paimon spend too much time together, and they are often affectionate, so everyone has become accustomed to this level of interaction.

Huh? So, other parties consider this kind of interaction worth shipping? Sorry, this is just appetizer for us, we're eating too much.

Under the combined coaxing of Ying and Jade, Paimon couldn't resist and accepted the existence of the little robot.

Jade also gave this little machine a name, "Benben," which is at least better than Xianyun's "Floating Divine Machine."

[Jade introduces Paimon to Benben: "Paimon... although she's aloof, she's a good girl who cares about her companions. You'll definitely like her after spending time with her."]

She said Paimon's aloofness was probably due to his earlier rejection, but Seno had a different interpretation.

Seno: "Paymon 'high and mighty'? That's a good joke."

Thinking about it, Paimon always seems to be 'high and mighty', and it seems that Jade also has the potential to be a high-ranking official.

Paimon stomped his foot: "I'm not tall... I think I'm pretty tall? But I'm not going to compromise! I feel like if I'm even a little lower, I'll inhale a bellyful of sand..."

This is where Paimon is being careless. What you inhale through your nose should go into your lungs, not into your stomach full of sand.

However, considering Paimon's identity as the Mouth of God, it's probably because his mouth never stops moving; that's being too precise.

Take Benben back to find Tirzad and his father. As expected, Tirzad has a lot of opinions about 'Benben'.

[Tirzad: "This doesn't look like something that could be categorized as 'friend' at all! This thing looks exactly like the thing that attacked us earlier!"]

Yes, they both have the same name, Benben, so it's normal for Tirzad to be on guard.

After all, his name is "Zhad," and if they act together, they become "Benben Zhad." What if they explode?

There was no need for puns; Jade's next sentence already made Tirzad quite angry.

[Jed: "...Tirzad probably doesn't have many friends, does he?"]

Hearing this, not only was Tirzad in the story deeply hurt, but he was also very hurt in real life.

Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife; he really doesn't have many friends.

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Character Voice Lines - Cole: About Friends

"If we all saw this story together, I might get attacked too... Hmm... I need to write letters to Amber and Sugar tonight... How do you write 'jie' again?"

Chapter 760 After Leaving the Ruins

The 'attack' inside the screen hit outside the screen—that's penetrating damage! We were clearly discussing whether Benben posed a safety hazard, but Jade launched a personal attack!

How could your warm lips utter such cold words? Your words are like sand being pierced through Tirzad's lungs; they're so hurtful!

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