The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 329: Mad God and Fishing

Among the seven countries of Teyvat, Sumeru, known as the "Kingdom of Wisdom", in addition to the two almost opposite natural environments of desert and rainforest, and the void for storing and exchanging knowledge, has another largest and most special place: the people of Sumeru do not dream.

Literally, no dreams.

Every night when the Xumi people close their eyes, they will not be disturbed by colorful and fantastic dreams, but will fall into a darkness where they cannot perceive time. When they open their eyes again, it seems that the night has passed in just a moment.

The reason for this is that the Xumi people's ability to dream at night has become the energy for the operation of the void.

Therefore, when the god-making plan came to a perfect end, some residents of Xumi City woke up from their dreams for the first time, and what they felt was not joy, but a huge shadow and fear shrouding their hearts.

The dream comes suddenly. No matter whether you are lying in bed or closing your eyes before falling asleep, you will be pulled into this strange dream irresistibly and cannot refuse, starting an almost endless cycle.

Some people are not aware of the cycle. Some are surprised that they suddenly dream, some are horrified that they suddenly lose consciousness, some wake up from their dreams, exhausted, and have to deal with the chaos caused by their sudden dream.

Some people wake up from their dreams with a start, clearly realizing that they have entered a recurring dream, but are powerless to stop it. They are pushed forward by the invisible inertia of the dream, and their minds are almost collapsed. Some people's sanity is gradually reduced by the dream cycle until they go crazy and do evil things that they would never dare to think about in normal days.

Only a very small number of people can maintain their true selves in the cycle, stick to their original intentions, try to find companions who are also awake in the dream, and try to break the dream and break the cycle.

The former has achieved remarkable results. Several like-minded people gathered together and prevented countless evil things and saved countless people in the dream. The latter has no hope at all. They fly around like birds, but cannot break through the fence of the cyclic dream.

Until a crazy howl sounded.

When people wake up from a dream, they may be confused, surprised or frightened, but at the same time, they subconsciously look in a certain direction.

It seemed as if something was hatching from the dream, and that wailing sound was its first cry before it came into the world.

He was in great pain, and his wails were filled with maddening chaos, like the mumbling of an ancient god, which made people terrified.

When Nashida and Apep arrived at Xumi City, the wailing sound just started.

The expressions of the god and the dragon changed instantly. The difference was that the god was full of worry, while the dragon king was full of shock.

"Something went wrong with the birth of the new god..."

"How dare you, Xumi, try to create an artificial god?!"

"He seems crazy, what's going on?"

"Still a madman?!"

"...We'll talk about this later. The important thing now is to quickly deal with the mad god whose birth failed."

"You never told me that Xumi had this mess before you came here!"

"There's no time for this! Apep, you don't want a mad god to cause trouble when you're fighting monsters, do you?"

"Asshole! Are you using all your wisdom to coerce me into taking sides?!"

Apep cursed angrily, but had no intention of stopping. Instead, he followed Nashida and rushed to the Jinglili Workshop.

Although Apep really wanted to kill this weak grass god who was only five hundred years old, he had to admit that he was right. With the threat of monsters ahead, they really could not ignore the threat of a mad god.

But when Apep and Nashida, who had transformed into human form, entered the Jinglili Workshop and saw the scene inside, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Inside the workshop, the God of Righteousness, who had gone insane for some unknown reason, was fighting with a humanoid being. Judging from the fact that the humanoid being was dodging and not fighting back, it seemed that the latter was at a disadvantage.

“Ah!! Die die die die die!!!”

Inside the cockpit of the God of Righteousness, Sanbing's eyes were bloodshot, filled with confusion and no trace of rationality. If you look closely, you can see a hint of gray hidden beneath the bloodshot.

In the God-making project jointly carried out by the Ordinance and the Fatui, there are several most important and indispensable experimental materials, namely: the Heartless Doll, the Heart of God, the Void Terminal, and the God Canned Knowledge. It is the God Canned Knowledge that has caused the current situation.

It had long been polluted by forbidden knowledge, and had been stuffed with countless private goods by the Council of Ecclesiastes. Eventually, in the leap of a certain gray-white flame, at the moment of ascension to godhood, it corroded the newly born God of Righteousness.

The Order's plan to clear the minds of the new gods and control them was successful, but only half successful.

The new god's consciousness was indeed affected, but it did not become blank. Instead, the original will and memory were shattered, mixed with some other shattered messy things, and barely molded into a shape, and stuffed into a body called "God of Righteousness" or "Scattered Soldier".

He became God, He lost control, He went mad.

Chen Tianfeng dodged the arm of the God of Opportunity and was about to end this boring hunt, but suddenly he sensed two auras rushing towards the Jing Liuli Workshop. He raised his eyebrows and recognized the owners of the auras.

Nashida, the grass goddess, and Apep, the grass dragon king.

Chen Tianfeng's mind moved slightly, and he suppressed the restlessness of the gray-white flames in various places in the workshop, pretending that he had no ability to fight back under the attack of the God of Righteousness and could only dodge with difficulty.

He was very curious about what choice Buyer, the god of wisdom who had been imprisoned for five hundred years and suddenly took over the power of Xumi and faced the most difficult challenge since the founding of Xumi, would make after seeing this scene, after having killed the great sage with his own hands and helplessly watching the Great Compassionate Tree King fall asleep.

Help? Stand aside? Or... seize the opportunity?
"Who is he?"

Nashida quickly came to her senses and did not act rashly. Even if the God of Righteousness was crazy, he was still an attacking demon. The man could resist the demon's attack. Even though he looked embarrassed, his strength should not be underestimated.

When did such a powerful person appear in Xumi?
Nashida was puzzled and turned around to see that Apep's face was full of tension and vigilance. He was staring at the human who was dodging the attack of the God of Righteousness as if he was facing a great enemy.

"You know him?"

"Ok!"

Apep took a deep breath and subconsciously tried to distance himself from the battlefield in the distance. But then he thought of something and hurriedly stopped, looking grim: “He is that monster!”

Damn it, why did he fight with this mad god!

The corners of Apep's eyes were twitching wildly, and he felt like a madman holding a button that could destroy the world by pressing it, dancing crazily beside him with a disgusting silly grin on his face.

He is a monster? He is actually... so weak?

Nashida's eyes flickered, her heart pounded, and the voice of the great sage vaguely appeared in her ears again. The vague yet bold idea in her mind gradually became clear.

She clenched her palms unconsciously, and after a long and short hesitation, her eyes finally became firm.

"No, we have to help Him!"

"Wait a moment."

"Ok?"

Apep stopped and looked at his wrist, sensing a secret communication channel that had been established. He frowned and looked into Nashida's eyes: "What's wrong with you?"

"I... suddenly had an idea..."

Nashida's voice rang directly in Apep's heart: "But first, I have a question... Apep, is your strength above that monster?"

"Of course I am above Him, but in front of Him, strength is meaningless. What matters is whether you can withstand the pollution... Wait, what do you want to do?"

Apep narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he guessed something but was not sure.

Could it be that this God of Grass is so bold?

(End of this chapter)