Yuanshen: The sea of ​​sand at the beginning, straight to the seat of God

Chapter 280 278-Business as usual

Apep has a little knowledge of the world. At least he knows that the dragon kings of the new era have actually given up their original positions and most of them have become friends with the contemporary gods.

It can be said to be a coincidence, but coincidence cannot happen three times in a row.

The God of Wind met the Dragon of Wind, and the Rock Dragon became a close friend of the God of Rock. The Water Dragon replaced the God of Water in Fontaine to arbitrate everything...

Accidents and coincidences cannot happen many times in a row, and Apep takes it for granted that the process of these coincidental encounters, acquaintances, and becoming close friends is full of deception and confusion.

This is the most normal part of making friends in the world. When you see a certain trait that you like in a person and something that you want, you prepare something that can impress him in exchange for his friendship.

Maintaining friendship is expensive. If you are willing to spend time, money and energy to do something, of course you must have something you want.

Objectively speaking, this is a normal situation.

Of course you have to get what you pay for. The world is quite big, and of course you won’t waste your time and energy on everyone you meet to get in touch with and understand them.

And Apep doesn't think this can be considered friendship. He thinks this is completely the gods taking advantage of people's danger, taking advantage of the naive and ignorant period of these new dragons to deceive their feelings and make them regard themselves as necessary. Friends to maintain.

From the moment they first came into contact with the young Dragon King, these gods were villains with impure minds.

As an elder - in the current era, this ancient grass dragon is indeed the elder of several other dragon kings. He watched the descendants who should be the native dragons of Teyvat become friends of the gods one by one. It was painful for Him to even be willing to sacrifice Himself for those gods.

People's pain is usually due to their own powerlessness, and Apep is no exception in this regard.

Although the story between him and the Red King also meant that he wanted to resist Sky Island, the fact that he was able to survive while the other dragons were forced to be reborn was enough to prove that he was very sensible.

The sensible Apep knew that these encounters between demon gods and dragon kings were all under the control of the one in the sky. He watched the reincarnation of his old friend take another path, but he could not and did not dare to stop it.

No matter how you say that you suffer pain because of your powerlessness, the pain is due to your own powerlessness, this is not a big problem, so after being invaded for a long time, Apep could no longer hold back his violent temper.

This has something to do with Nacida's weakness. It is Nacida, so she can bluntly say that I would rather die than need your help.

But he is a very sensible dragon, he just is not sensible in front of Nasida.

Fortunately, He is not really fearless of death, otherwise Apep would have no reason to live to this stage.

He has already compromised once, and the second time will be no exception.

In fact, Apep's idea cannot be said to be wrong. Among the four dragon kings who appeared, except for Apep, the remaining three dragon kings have completely sided with humans and gods.

To be precise, they may not actually care about humans very much.

Navilette may have feelings for the Fontaines, but Ruoduo Dragon King and Tevalin chose to protect humans purely because the gods loved their people.

It's hard to tell whether these changes are coincidences or some deeper reasons.

Rama had no time to think much.

He knew most of the story, and even though the story had begun to change to a point where he couldn't understand it, that didn't mean that everything would change.

The fire in Nasita's hand was suspended, guiding Rama and Him to find the grass dragon writhing in pain underground.

Along the way, they soon encountered some special beings with very strange shapes and colors.

"Finally found it." Nasida breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the situation is still within expectations."

According to Tinder's revelation, Apep is actually nearby.

He was observing Nasita and Rama in the dark, but was still unwilling to show up directly.

Should it be said that he is worthy of being the Dragon of Grass?

His injuries were obviously very serious, so serious that he was on the verge of death, but if it weren't for the reminder of the fire, Nasida wouldn't even be aware of the other person's existence.

It is also driven by the power of the grass element. This gap in perception is an absolute power gap.

These weird elemental beings sensed the breath of fire, and like moths to the flame, they rushed toward Nasida.

"This should be Apep's choice." Nasida raised her hand, and the vines extended from the sea of ​​sand, binding all the "guests" together.

"For many years before, there was no news related to these special elemental beings in the desert."

"They should still be living with Apep."

Rama glanced at Him and then said: "But things have changed. You deleted the forbidden knowledge, and Apep can't even control his own life."

He couldn't be superior.

The most basic freedom is the freedom not to do anything you don’t want to do, and the highest freedom is the freedom to do whatever you want.

Apep was once very close to the heights of freedom, but now he cannot even control his own life and death.

"This is a test." Nacida looked calm. "How we deal with these elemental beings may affect Apep's next choice."

Rama suddenly asked: "Do you think He knows that we are here to save Him?"

Nasida frowned slightly, "Before you said this, he should have just guessed, but now he is very sure about it...really want to do this?"

"It's actually quite unpleasant that the one who saves people has to be tested by the one being saved." Rama spread his hands, "But you're right, the situation is stronger than the person."

He stopped preparing to attack and handed over the control to Nasida.

"The situation is stronger than humans?" The God of Grass in Xumi thought for a moment, "At least listen to what he has to say. It's not too late to make such a decision."

It's just a test, but I can't say how resistant the other party is.

The sandstorm became more intense, and between the words of the two people, a storm covered the sky and sun rolled up in front of them.

Sand and gravel rushed towards the two of them like a sea tide.

In the pale and blurry environment, a silhouette of a giant dragon could be vaguely seen.

"Little gods, little humans, leave my territory."

There was no difference between what Apep said and what Rama understood.

"Amidst the yellow sand in the sky, weak beings like you cannot survive."

As far as the body is concerned, there is really no refutation.

Rama raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand and slashed casually.

The yellow sand is not mixed with any elemental power. It is stirred purely by some special power. It is still just ordinary sand and gravel in essence.

The blazing fire elemental power suddenly exploded, splitting apart the first wave of sand that poured down.

The grass elemental power of the sand sea was unexpectedly abundant due to the willingness of this dragon of grass. Nasida followed closely and raised a wall of plants in the sand sea.

His ability has nothing to do with the grass element in the plot, and is more reflected in the mind and will. But since he is the god of grass, it is naturally not a problem to manipulate the power of the grass element.

"Is this enough?" Rama asked in a low voice.

"I was able to do this kind of thing easily in the sea of ​​sand with his dissipated grass elemental power," Nasida shook her head, "He probably doesn't think there's anything special."     It's not special, it's just an ordinary person. A mediocre person.

"This is the only strength you have?" He sneered, "It's far from the Amon back then."

"But we can still live for a long time, and you are already dying." Nasita glanced at Rama, and then took the initiative to step forward, "I am here to save your life, Apep."

"Buyer!" Apep's voice was filled with rage.

This actually has nothing to do with temper. He has been tortured by pain for too long, and even if you talk to Him properly, He will feel that you are taunting you and showing off.

"I don't need to be saved, especially not by you!" He said in a deep voice, "Do you think you can live longer than me? Then let's give it a try!"

The surrounding grass elemental power suddenly became stronger, as if just breathing could detect some tiny life floating freely in the air.

"If you are really so confident, then just give it a try." Nacida was very calm. "I am the God of Grass in Teyvat. Of course you can kill me, but the price is something you can't bear."

The Seven Gods have a special relationship with Sky Island. As far as Zhongli and Wendy are concerned, they are somewhat wary of Sky Island.

The same is true for Nacida, but she will consider pulling the tiger's skin to solve certain problems.

Just like when He couldn't defeat the Doctor, he would use the Heart of God to force the Doctor to give in.

The situation is the same now. Dotore doesn't want Zhi Dong's plan to fall through because of an accident, and Apep doesn't want to have a bigger conflict with the people in the sky.

"I know you can't calm down, but if you still have the wisdom to think, then consider my words carefully." Nasida was brave and fearless like a god of war, "I am here to save your life. If you want to live, Just cooperate with me."

"Buyer!"

The first time was a deterrent, but the second time could not represent an escalation of anger, it could only be described as incompetent rage.

"You are just like Amon. You have only existed for a moment, but you rely on the power of the sky to claim to be the lord of this place!"

He turned up the volume.

Rama continued pointing in his mind.

"So you have indeed lived longer than me and the Red King, but Xumi is still my territory, and you can only linger underground." Nasida spoke calmly, "Living long is a common thing for mortals. It’s an enviable talent, but if you can only live curled up in the ground for a long time, it’s not worthy of envy.”

"There won't even be mercy, because a person's incompetence can never buy mercy."

He spoke righteously, "I don't know what you know, but you are underground and I am above ground."

"I am the winner."

Nasida said, "Loser."

"What do you know?" Apep retorted, "Do you think the power from heaven is a free gift?"

"It's better to look at your future, although in the end you will still make the same mistakes again."

Nacida's expression stiffened for a moment.

He looked at Rama, who nodded in encouragement.

The God of Grass took a deep breath, "You only learned these principles when you were curled up underground? Why, you can't speak when you stand, right?"

"I may die from repeating the same mistakes, but you will die before me."

"Just say a few more words, no one will listen to the dead man's reasoning."

"Do you think I can't see that it's all you who said these words?"

Apep was furious.

He turned the gun and pointed it at Rama, who looked innocent.

Without giving Rama time to react, Apep swallowed Rama in one gulp and finally disappeared directly into the sea of ​​sand.

Nasita above was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Rama had been taken away.

He subconsciously instigated the elemental power around him. The grass elemental power obeyed the god's order and wanted to scatter in all directions to trace the traces of the ancient dragon.

But Apep didn't even need to stop, and took away the control of the grass element from Nasida, causing her perception of the surroundings to drop significantly.

In a hurry, everything has settled.

By the time the elemental power became active again, Apep had completely disappeared.

Nacida looked slightly panicked, but finally regained her composure.

He took out the fire again, but this time the position of the fire was very strange.

"He is moving?" Nacida whispered to herself, "But Apep's current state does not allow him to make too many movements at all."

"If there is hatred, shouldn't He be against me? Just killing Rama should be of no use to me in His opinion."

Gods are pure and kind, and they love the world, which means that they do not actually favor any one person.

According to normal logic, there is no reason to attack Rama.

"So, something happened that I don't know about?" Nasita was confused. "Is there something wrong with Apep, or is there something wrong with Rama?"

He almost subconsciously thought that Rama had done something just now.

This kind of trouble-making behavior usually comes from Rama.

But Nacida did not notice any unnecessary movements from Rama. In addition, Nacida was not sure that she knew Apep very well.

It is not impossible for either of them to have problems, or even for both of them to have problems.

But········

"what should I do?"

Nacida was a little confused.

He knew what he should do and continued to find Apep so that this seriously ill patient could receive treatment.

But the question is, how to find it?

Nacida fell silent.

There is only one thing left for him to do now. Although it is impossible to do it at all, he can only work towards this direction.

Sensing the power of the fire, Nasida followed the energy fluctuations in it.

Soon the yellow sand subsided and everything settled, as if nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)