The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 304 Nasida

"Nashida, wake up..."

"Nashida, wake up..."

Who is speaking?

The little grass goddess Nashida opened her eyes and stared blankly at the "birdcage" that the great sage Xumi had built specifically for her with the power of Xumi - she had been in the birdcage in Jingshan Palace for five hundred years.

The Great Compassionate Tree King left, and the new Grass God [Little Auspicious Grass King] Nashida ascended to the throne of the God of Xumi. He was welcomed into the Jingshan Palace by the Great Sage of Xumi and enjoyed the offerings and faith of the people of Xumi... This is something that many people know.

However, what most ordinary people don’t know is that the grass god Nashida did not hold the power of Sumeru. Instead, she was imprisoned by a great sage five hundred years ago, and her heart of god was also taken away to supply the operation of Sumeru void.

The Void is a tool left behind by the Great Compassionate Tree King. The Xumi people can connect to the Void network through the Void terminal to acquire knowledge and exchange information.

Over the past five hundred years, all the great sages of Xumi have chosen this approach.

In a country that advocates wisdom, the sages should assist the gods, but for various reasons, they imprisoned the god of wisdom with their own hands.

Nashida looked through the cracks in the birdcage, searching for the source of the sound, but found nothing.

No one came, which was normal. Who would go to Jingshan Palace to visit her, a god who was about to be forgotten and unqualified?

Maybe it was an auditory hallucination... Nashida sighed, closed her eyes, and was about to re-enter the void network to observe the lives of the people of Xumi when the voice sounded in her ears again.

This time the voice was clear and familiar, as if she had a very close relationship with the owner of the voice.

"Nashida, wake up..."

Wake up? But I'm already awake... Nashida was full of doubts. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and dived into another place - the World Tree.

There is an unbreakable close connection between the Sumeru Grass God and the World Tree of Teyvat. Both she and the previous Grass God, the Great Mercy Tree King, have the ability to directly connect to the World Tree through consciousness.

Nashida "opened her eyes" and finally saw the owner of the voice - a blurry light and shadow. From the outline, it was easy to tell that it was a woman, emitting a warm and soft fluorescent glow.

"You are……"

Nashida hesitated. For some reason, when she saw the light and shadow, her heart was inexplicably throbbing, just like a child who had been lonely for many years finally seeing her loved ones who loved her. Before she finished her sentence, she had a nasal sound and began to sob: "...You are...you..."

She wanted to say the name that she thought about day and night and was always on her lips, but she couldn't say it. Tears couldn't stop falling. The sadness and pain of five hundred years burst out at this moment and drowned her in an instant.

"Thank you for your hard work, Nashida."

The Great Kind Tree King floated in front of Nashida, raised his hand to ruffle her hair, and took the crying little girl into his arms: "Thank you for your hard work, Nashida."

"Wow... Great Kind Tree King... Great Kind Tree King..."

"It's me, it's me. Be good and don't cry. I'm right here with you."

"Wow……"

"..."

After a long time, the crying sounds echoing in the World Tree gradually stopped.

Nashida rubbed her eyes, still sobbing and choking, but she no longer showed her weakness as defenselessly as before.

"You are still alive. I knew you wouldn't die so easily."

Nashida took a deep breath and held the hand of the Great Compassion Tree King tightly: "Great Compassion Tree King, are you coming back? What can I do? I want to help you..."

"No, I am indeed dead, Nashida. What stands before you now is just a remnant of consciousness that resides in the World Tree and has no entity. There is no way it can come back to life."

The Great Compassion Tree King gently interrupted her words, looking at her stunned expression that soon turned anxious, he took a breath and said, "Listen to me, Nashida, there are more urgent things that need your attention than my condition."

"Something more urgent?"

"Yes, more urgent matters."

The Great Compassionate Tree King nodded, his expression blurred with light and shadow seemed to become serious, even with a hint of fear: "An extremely terrifying monster has appeared in Teyvat. He plays with time, tampers with fate, devours the earth veins... and does evil things that terrify countless creatures! And now, he has set his sights on the World Tree and Xumi!"

"I can feel that he has pure malice towards the World Tree. No, even if he has no malice, the World Tree cannot bear the cost of contact with him. Nashida, for the sake of Sumeru and Teyvat, we must stop him." It is an existence more terrifying than forbidden knowledge. If she had a choice, she would rather the World Tree be eroded by forbidden knowledge than fall into the hands of that monster.

But even if she gave up resisting the forbidden knowledge and wanted to use it to stop the monster, the final result would only be that the forbidden knowledge and the world tree would fall into the monster's clutches.

"Monster?" Nashida was stunned: "What does he look like? Why did he do this?"

"I don't know what He looks like exactly. I only vaguely see that His incarnation in the human world is a living corpse with only flesh and no soul. It is full of the essence of death and makes even the gods feel terrified."

The Great Compassionate Tree King shook his head and said, "As for why he did this... maybe he was hungry, maybe he felt it was interesting, or maybe it was the desire for destruction brought about by the nature of death - normal creatures cannot understand the thoughts of monsters."

"This is ridiculous."

Nashida clenched her free hand into a fist, pursed her lips, and looked into the eyes of the Great Kindness Tree King: "How can I defeat Him?"

"..."

The Great Compassion Tree King had a complicated look in his eyes. He really wanted to tell Nashida that at least in Teyvat, at least among the beings she knew, no one could defeat that terrifying monster. Even if they could, no one would be willing to try to stop it with force before the monster completely showed its desire for destruction.

He is the death of all things and even the world. Anything that stands in His way will be swallowed by the gray death.

All they could do was to try their best to protect the World Tree and minimize the losses after He entered Sumeru.

"It's too early to say that."

The Great Compassion Tree King collected his thoughts and looked into Nashida's pure eyes: "Nashida, what you need to do now is to break the shackles, walk out of the Pure Palace, take back the Heart of God, and truly sit on the throne of the Grass God. Without a god sitting in the throne, Xumi is too fragile for that monster."

"But...but I still don't know how to be a qualified god. Only the great sages of the past know the secret code to open the Jingshan Palace. I..."

Nashida was somewhat at a loss, and subconsciously lowered her head: "The Great Sage will only let me out after I learn how to be a qualified god."

"There's no time, Nashida! You, me, Sumi, and even the entire Teyvat are out of time!"

The Great Compassion Tree King said solemnly, "Raise your head, Nashida! You are a god, you must never behave like this at any time!"

Nashida's body trembled, she raised her head, her eyes blank: "I...but..."

"No buts, Nashida, you must stand up. This is your duty as a god."

The Great Compassion Tree King reached out and wiped away the tears from Nashida's eyes. "Nashida, there is no time for you to learn and grow. You must leave the Pure Palace, even if you have to use the power of dreams against your own people, and you must return to the throne of God."

She looked at Nashida, who was still a little hesitant and entangled, and thought of the monster that was about to come. She said sorry to Nashida in her heart, then took a deep breath and said softly:
"Unless you are prepared to watch the people of Xumi die before your eyes, and let them lose their lives in vain because of your cowardice and escape."

……

"How long will it take me to ascend to the throne of God?"

"Oh, why are you in such a hurry? The plan and the project are progressing normally. When the right opportunity comes, you will naturally get what you want."

"hope so."

The soldier glanced at Dotore and frowned. He didn't know why he always felt uneasy recently, as if he had stepped into a trap of some terrifying existence without knowing it.

This feeling was not the first time he had appeared. He had experienced it when he sneaked into Inazuma and tried to massacre the Five Lightning Masters, but was stopped by the damn gray tree roots.

Could it be that something happened to Inazuma... Sanbing's eyes flickered as he looked at the huge mecha in front of him that was about to be completed. There was a hint of heat and viciousness in his eyes.

No matter what happens, as long as he ascends to the throne of God and becomes the Demon God, it will no longer be a problem!

At that time, he will let Inazuma and Baalzebub understand what the true wrath of the demon is!

Dotole also looked up at the giant mecha, pinching his chin, and glanced at the scattered soldiers who were immersed in the dream of the demon god inconspicuously. A mocking smile appeared at the corner of his lips, but it was quickly restrained.

It’s really a headache. What should I do to make it reasonable and not awkward so that someone will be interested in coming to Xumi?

I don’t know if the gift I prepared will satisfy Him.

(End of this chapter)