Chapter 167
"At that time, the sky and the earth were covered with yellow sand. Countless sand and dust blew into our houses, taking away our remaining food and water sources. The Lord of Wisdom and the Emperor of the Desert came here and summoned a huge thing that could call for showers. , and then there was the roar of the tiger, and green grass, flowers, and woods grew on the earth." - Excerpted from an archaeological civilization stone tablet.
[The Great Merciful Tree King stands in the forest and sings, summoning his retinue Lanna Luo. These lovely elves enter the forest and bring blessings to the forest. They represent the messengers of the forest and become friends with the humans living here. 】
[‘It’s finally built. ’ Standing in front of the lush forest, the Great Merciful Tree King said with a tone of relief and pride: ‘Azir, this forest will breed the wisdom of Sumeru. ’]
[You know this is what Sumi looked like in the beginning. The glory of Shurima is like an outsider forcing his way into this epic story. You suddenly have a bad feeling. Everything seems to be an inevitable evolution of history. Maybe Shurima The civilization of Ma will be submerged under the yellow sand like the civilization of the Red King. 】
[You did not tell the Great Merciful Tree King and the Flower God about this worry, but the sorrow in your heart became more and more obvious. If everything is doomed, then what is the meaning of your efforts? 】
[Wise men also have their moments of confusion. You have all the wisdom of the ancient civilization, but you can’t get the answer you want. The more entangled you are, the deeper you fall into it. The Great Merciful Tree King and the Flower God noticed your strangeness and invited you to take a ride on the moonlit night. The carriage rides through the river filled with elves and arrives at the emerald palace surrounded by flowers and trees. 】
[It turns out that these two people secretly built a beautiful palace for you without telling you. 】
[The palace is not big, but it is filled with all the best wishes in the world. When you step into it, the hall immediately turns into a grassland, and the illuminated spar turns into a high-hanging sun. The Great Merciful Tree King is singing, and the song is like this It's so wonderful that you can immerse yourself in it and forget all your worries. 】
[You and the two of you lost track of time here, as if several years had passed, but when you left the palace, you realized that only one day had passed. 】
[The elves in the forest called this day 'Hegara's Day', which means the joy of the gods. Later, it spread throughout the desert. The great priest consulted the oracle and designated this day as the emperor's birthday, because it happened to be the birthday of the emperor. The same day you descended into the desert. 】
[After leaving the palace, the anxiety in your heart completely disappeared. No matter what happens next, you plan to make Sumeru more prosperous together with the Great Merciful Tree King and the Flower God. 】
[In the desert calendar, one thousand two hundred years ago, with the completion of the rain forest, countless people from the Shurima territory migrated to the rain forest and started a new civilization. The Great Charming Tree King awakens the tree kings deep in the earth, and uses his body as the foundation. The ancient trees will hold up the palace they built for you. The Great Charming Tree King named it the 'Pure Good Palace'. 】
[Around Jingshan Palace, you led your people to build a city here and named it ‘Xumi City’. 】
[Thirteen hundred years in the desert calendar, Xumi City was built. You negotiated with King Daci Shu to create the Teaching Academy. There were six sects in the academy, each managed by six sages. At the same time, you established a huge library with the same name. As the Palace of Wisdom, the Jiaoling Academy absorbs Xumi scholars, communicates with the Hama Academy, and jointly conducts academic discussions. 】
[It took a hundred years, and with your efforts, the Imperial Academy became a holy place for scholars known throughout the seven countries. 】
[You originally planned to restrict the rights of the Six Sages, but then gave up, because the fundamental reason for the future situation is the death of the Tree King, the inability of the Grass God to govern, and the loss of respect and restrictions in people's hearts. Even without the Six Sages, There may also be the seventh aunt and the eighth aunt, so the best way to prevent tragedy is to save King Daci Shu from that disaster. 】
Sumeru City!
"The prosperity here is almost catching up with Naerimajie~"
The Flower God looked curiously all the way, marveling at the changes in Xumi City.
She only came to Xumi City when it was first built, and stayed in Yuenv City since then.
When he said this, the flower god looked at Su Chen jokingly.
The latter smiled and said: "Just catch up when you can. Anyway, the people living here are also Shurima people."
Wan'er, King of the Great Ci Tree: "Xumiru has only one civilization from beginning to end. Xumi City can be said to be the epitome of Nerima Jie, but with its presence, it can be used as a place to connect other countries."
She knew that there were things in the royal city of Shurima that might touch Su Chen's secrets, so Nerimajie could not always be open to the outside world.
Under such circumstances, Xumi City just took over this effect.
Su Chen touched his chin: "To connect other countries, it's not enough to just have a place, you have to have a path. To the east of Xumi City is Liyue, but this road is rugged and the rock formations are extremely dangerous. It's okay for a few people to walk. It is impossible for large caravans or tourist groups to come here. To the west of Xumi City is the desert, which is unbearably hot, and few people are willing to cross the desert to come here."
King Daci Shu said thoughtfully: "You mean... to open up a channel?"
Su Chu smiled and said: "No one knows me better than King Shu."
The Flower God snorted: "Yes, only the King of Trees knows you in this world. Others are just quicksand between the seams of your hands, all passers-by."
"Why are you so sour?" Su Chen laughed, "It's just a joke. How come you don't know me? You know me better than the Tree King."
The flower god chuckled.
King Daci Shu shook his head helplessly.
The three of them walked through Xumi City, and the people passing by saluted respectfully, or watched from afar, amazed and envious. The two goddesses accompanied them. Such a blessing, I am afraid that only the emperor of Shurima can have it in the whole of Teyvat?
[Following your suggestion, the Great Compassion Tree King ordered people to build a port on the coast south of Xumi City, named "Omos Port", and opened up water transportation between Xumi City and Ormos Port to facilitate travel. ]
[After the water transportation was built, the people of Xumi built villages along the way, the most famous of which was Vimala Village. ]
[After 1,400 years of the Desert Calendar, Morax invited the Seven Gods again. As a result of this gathering, the seven countries set a unified currency for the entire Teyvat continent - Mora. ]
[The emergence of Mora pushed the trade of various countries to a climax. ]
[The desert has witnessed the prosperity and rise of Xumi City for 1,500 years. One night, the Great Compassion Tree King leaned against you, suddenly propped up his hands, looked at you from top to bottom, his snow-white hair fell on your cheeks, and his emerald eyes were floating with excitement between his hair. ]
[She looked at you and said, "I have a bold idea." ]
[You asked, "Build a small tree?" ]
[The Great Compassion Tree King was stunned, and it took a long time for him to react to the meaning of your words. His cheeks flushed and he rolled his eyes at you unhappily. ]
[Although your bodies have been combined countless times, the possibility of gods giving birth to offspring is too low. The more precious the bloodline, the lower the possibility of giving birth to offspring. With the divine power in you and the Great Compassion Tree King, I am afraid that it will not be enough even if you work day and night for thousands of years. ]
[The Great Compassion Tree King didn't mean to create a small tree. Her so-called bold idea was to use the Heart of God as the source of power to create a divine creation that could coordinate the "wisdom" of Xumi. ]
[Wisdom is invisible. It can be presented in any way. If you want to coordinate it, such a feat is amazing, let alone achieving it. ]
[In the dark night, the Great Compassion Tree King whispered her ideas in your ear. You just listened and smiled, but didn't stop her. ]
[The Great Compassion Tree King was very surprised. She thought you would at least stop her. After all, using the Heart of God as the core was a "transgression" from a certain perspective. After all, this was a reward from heaven to the Seven Gods. ]
[You didn't comment on this. After all, you knew that the Great Compassion Tree King's idea would eventually succeed, and Xumi would also take this as an opportunity to enter a new era. ]
[So, with your support, the Great Compassion Tree King began to indulge in the creation of the void. 】
【You didn't disturb me, and returned to Narimajie, and saw the flower goddess standing alone in front of the door deep in the underground palace. 】
"What's wrong?"
Su Chen walked over.
Hearing the voice, the flower goddess turned around and smiled: "Nothing, just passing by here just now... Is the matter with the tree king over?"
"I guess so. Xumi City doesn't need to be managed now. She plans to use the heart of God to make something that can coordinate the wisdom of the people."
"That's really an amazing feat, but if it's the tree king, it should be successful."
The flower goddess lowered her eyes slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.
Su Chen looked at her and said: "My priest told me that you stayed here for a long time."
The flower goddess smiled slightly and responded softly.
The two understood each other, and Su Chen could actually see at a glance what the flower goddess was thinking. In the two hundred years when he and the Great Compassion Tree King founded Xumi City, the flower goddess had come to the underground palace more than once and looked in front of the ceremony of ascension.
Feeling Su Chen's gaze, the flower god hesitated for a moment and told Su Chen what she had done in the past two hundred years.
[The mistress of flowers, her wisdom is also amazing. In the past two hundred years, she has explored the source of the power of the ascenders, which comes from outside the world. The taboo that was sealed by you at the beginning is like the "key" to open this power, but the key is attached with a curse. The flower god knows that you love your people, so she chose to throw away the key. ]
['Walk with me.' The flower god said. ]
[You walk with her on the oasis, in the garden full of Padisa orchids, the moon falls and rises, and she tells you the dusty past. ]
[It was a peaceful and distant era. The messengers of the sky walked the earth, communicated with mortals, taught them etiquette, and spread knowledge. ]
[The flower god was once one of many messengers, born in the ancient fairy spirit, but later encountered disasters. Invaders from outside the sky came, causing the mountains and rivers to turn upside down and plagues to spread. 】
【This power broke through the shackles of the earth, allowing mortals to grow delusions and usurpation in their hearts. The one on the throne sent down the sky nails to repair the earth, but could not completely destroy the power of the invaders. In the years that followed, the civilization on the continent seemed to repeat itself, continuing a tragic cycle under a certain order. 】
【The messengers were exiled by the sky and cursed by the sky. The flower god also lost the ability to educate. He witnessed the rise and fall of mankind for countless years, and thus developed a usurpation heart that rebelled against the laws of nature. 】
【This is the first time that the flower god has revealed these secrets to you, but in fact you already knew her thoughts, so the reason is not important. 】
"Azir, you are a born monarch, a person who replaces rules with ability and establishes a new order... I have imagined when you ascend the throne, but I am also afraid of that day coming, because the master of the four shadows will never It's not that easy to deal with. I hope, but I'm afraid, because I don't want to lose you, but the voice in my heart makes me linger in front of that door."
The Flower Goddess said with a sad expression.
Obsession is like a curse, fatal to both humans and gods. The Red King once went to destruction because of the delusion in his heart. Su Chen almost stepped into the abyss. To the Flower God, she once served as a guide to educate small humans. The Messenger loves these little guys more than any other god.
Of course, dangerous obsession is not allowed, and trespassers who disrupt order should be punished. However, the Goddess of Flowers is dissatisfied with the methods of natural justice. This kind of behavior of killing everyone with one blow is contempt for life itself.
So she hopes that a new order can be born, an order that can truly bring hope to mankind.
"If I become that key, Azir, can you gain power beyond all else?" The Flower Goddess expressed his thoughts.
Su Chen shook his head: "Marikata, I can't guarantee this... In other words, the possibility of failure is greater, so I choose to stop."
Because he thought of the possibility of simulation restrictions and the reason why his people were eroded by taboos, Su Chen gave up on using the power of taboos to improve his strength.
Moreover, even if he really breaks through the current realm, he is still far away from breaking the order of heaven. After all, there is a maintainer level on the perfect dragon, and the maintainers are just four shadows created by heaven.
To take a step back, he really screwed up the rules of heaven in this simulation. When he returns to reality, everything will still be brought back to its original state. Not only that, because the law of heaven was eliminated, the order collapsed, and we don’t know what it will look like in reality.
Seeing the flower god's silence, he whispered: "Malikata, don't worry, one day in the future, I will gain more power than now."
[You chatted with the Flower God for a long time and finally convinced her to give up that plan. You didn’t want to lose her, and she didn’t want to lose you. 】
[Afterwards, you had an in-depth discussion on how to produce florets. 】
[The desert has lasted for 1,800 years, and King Daci Shu spent as long as 300 years to finally complete the construction of the void. She records all identifiable things in the void, translates them into information that her people can understand, and then makes a void terminal. People can use the void terminal to connect to the void and obtain the information they want. 】
[In order to ensure that the people will not lose their desire for knowledge and exploration due to the existence of the void, the Great Ci Tree King has set up permissions in the void. Only after obtaining the corresponding knowledge level in the Teaching Academy can the same permissions be opened and the corresponding Information on its wisdom. 】
[The news of the establishment of the Void shocked other countries. A large number of humans were attracted, and even the gods were surprised by it. Morax came to Sumeru and personally experienced the magic of the Void. The same was true for Barbatos. He used Xukong inquired about where the most delicious wine in Xumi was, and then went to eat and drink as a friend of the gods for half a day before leaving. 】
[You used your divine power to build a crude version of the void in Naerimajie, which made Nasus, who was greedy for the void, almost jump with excitement. 】
[In the next three hundred years, under the intentional transformation of the Great Merciful Tree King, the coverage area of the void became larger and larger, covering almost half of the desert. Now the people of Shurima living in the desert can also use the void. Get the information you want. 】
[You gradually discover that the people of Shurima are now accustomed to the rule of Lord Grass God. Of course, for his people, Emperor Azir is their only belief. 】
[Twenty-four hundred years of desert history, you are looking at the prosperous age of Shurima. Suddenly the world becomes dark, and countless meteors fall from the sky. These wonders attract everyone's attention, and the people are marveling at the magnificence of the meteor shower. and beauty, but a strong sense of ominousness wells up in your heart. 】
[You seem to be able to have a premonition that something is about to happen, and something is about to end. 】
[In the same year, Nasus suddenly reported news about Lasko... Lasko, he recalled it for a long time before he remembered that he was the Ascended One who escaped. 】
[Nasus tells you that in the human kingdom underground in the desert, a statue of Lascaux appeared there, and people called him the 'King who guided civilization'. However, Nasus felt from that civilization that he was different from the original one. The same ominous atmosphere. 】
[As if it was a joke played by fate on you, you were silent for a long time after hearing the news. 】
['Emperor, do you want to attack Kanria? ’ Nasus asked. 】
[And you don’t know how to make a choice. If the reason why Kanria acquires forbidden knowledge is because of you...even the origin of Kanria’s development is itself a part of Shurima, then the consequences of this sin blooming , and who should bear it? 】
【It’s too late. 】
[The Kanriya disaster may occur at any time. At that time, the entire continent will be involved in this disaster, and Sumeru will also be devastated. 】
[Not only that, if fate inevitably happens again, those who will die in the Kanreya War will even include the Great Ci Tree King. 】
"Then let's go on another expedition."
Su Chen stood up from the throne and gave final orders to Shurima, which had been silent for more than a thousand years.
At this moment, the seven mainland countries were shocked again.
Countless lurking demons, or seven gods, had the same thought in their minds at the same time: