The Lost People of Teyvat

Black Tower Space Station.

The Legion of Destruction suddenly attacked here. The roar of the Legion's monsters, the explosion of artillery fire on the space station, and the shrill alarms intertwined together to play this noisy and melody-less music.

"Silver Wolf, hurry up, we don't have much time to waste."

The purple-haired woman in leather clothes and carrying a submachine gun dealt with the legionnaires in front of her, yawned lightly, and glanced over the head of the girl who was traveling with her at the time with her beautiful purple eyes.

The girl was petite, with long silver-gray hair tied into a ponytail that spiraled downward, and the corners of the headband curled up like a pair of wolf ears.

She seems to have a real body, but if you look closely, you will find that she is just an extremely real virtual projection.

"I don't think you have the right to criticize me. You are the slowest one."

Silver Wolf's delicate face darkened slightly, and he looked up and stared at his companion: "Also, your eyes are really annoying - is being tall so great?"

"Of course not, but it's always nice to have a comparable companion around, isn't it?"

Kafka laughed and raised her hand to touch Silver Wolf's hair: "Alright, alright, no more jokes. Although the Legion came suddenly, with the strength of the space station, they will react quickly. Let's get down to business first."

She raised her eyes and looked at the silver-white metal wall in front of her: "The 83rd member of the Genius Club, the owner of the space station, Black Tower. I'm really curious about what's in her collection room. Will there be the most popular coat in the universe now?"

"Why don't you ask her about this kind of boring stuff yourself? Maybe she will answer you."

Silver Wolf stretched out his palm and pressed it on the silver-white wall, as if sensing something: "Found it, you are worthy of being a genius in the Genius Club. The hiding system of the collection room is really difficult to figure out."

She loosened her hand, and the silver-white metal wall began to ripple like the surface of water, as if matter was reorganizing. Its edges turned into triangular transparent fragments and rapidly extended towards the center.

In just two or three seconds, the original wall disappeared, revealing the passage hidden behind it.

"Well done, but your praise just now was actually a provocation, right?"

Kafka walked gracefully into the passage with her hands behind her back.

What is this "As expected of a genius from the Genius Club"? He said this after easily opening the other person's collection room. No matter how you think about it, it can't be a compliment, right?

"Humph~"

The silver wolf raised his chin slightly and snorted, acknowledging Kafka's guess.

It’s so hard to meet a “genius”, how can I not say hello to him?

She deliberately fell behind, took out a spray paint can, and left her own [Hacker Challenge] on the wall of the passage leading to the collection room - a Q version of a silver wolf bust.

Blow colorful gum bubbles and give the person in front of you a thumbs-up, but the thumbs-up are facing downwards.

Silver Wolf nodded with satisfaction and threw away the spray paint can.

Not only here, she also left traces in many places in the space station, as a surprise for the lady in the black tower.

I hope she doesn't refuse the challenge, that would be too boring.

"Ah, I found you."

Kafka stopped and looked at the collection that was tightly bound in the independent collection room - a star core. There was undisguised amazement in her purple eyes: "You can actually use such a clever method to restrain the cancer of the universe (star core). You are worthy of being a genius watched by the Master of Knowledge."

Silver Wolf folded his arms and said, "Independent protection system... It seems that the star core is not an ordinary collection for the Black Tower."

"Did you get it out?"

"Of course, in the field of hacking, even the genius Black Tower is no match for me."

"Okay, I'll leave the preparation of the carrier to you~"

Kafka spoke softly as she watched Silver Wolf busying around. The tranquility here formed a sharp contrast with the chaos outside, making her want to play a violin piece at this moment.

However, this requires asking your companions for their opinions. This is polite and proper etiquette.

Kafka has always cared about these things.

"Do you need some music?"

"no thank you."

Silver Wolf's refusal was also very polite. While cracking the protection system, he asked casually, "Have you thought of a new name for yourself? Elio said that the name 'Kafka' is likely to bring you unexpected changes."

"I haven't thought about it yet." Kafka shook her head and sighed helplessly: "If possible, I don't want to give up my name at all... Silver Wolf, what do you think Elio foresaw?"

"Who knows? Anyway, Elio's suggestions have never been wrong." The hacker girl obviously didn't care about that.

"An unexpected turn of events, because of the name 'Kafka'."

Kafka's red lips curled up slightly: "I'm very curious, what exactly is this change that can make Elio keep silent, it must be very interesting and exciting."

"I don't recommend you do this, but if you insist, I won't stop you. So why not save a backup in advance? That way, even if something unexpected happens, there will be a chance for recovery."

"Life is beautiful because of its fragility. I want to face this accident head on."

"It's up to you. Just don't be embarrassed to ask me for help when the time comes."

Silver Wolf shrugged, tapped his fingers, and completed the final step: "Open it, take out the star core."

Kafka smiled softly, took a step forward, and was about to take the star core, but suddenly her expression changed, and she and Silver Wolf turned around quickly to look behind them.

At the door of the independent collection room, an old man appeared at some point. He smiled kindly, holding a snake staff, and looked at Kafka with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"It's really so similar... This universe is really amazing."

When did he appear? They didn't even notice it.

Kafka narrowed her eyes slightly, her mind on high alert, but she did not immediately show hostility - facing such a mysterious existence whose depth was unknown, acting rashly was the worst option.

She glanced at Silver Wolf and saw him shaking his head slightly with a serious expression. She realized that even a hacker like Silver Wolf did not have any information about the old man in his database.

"Excuse me, old sir, who are you?"

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. How rude of you."

The old man smiled apologetically and tapped the ground lightly with the snake staff in his hand. The unique fluctuations of the Holy Spirit were revealed undisguisedly, covering the entire Black Tower Space Station in an instant.

He said in a gentle voice: "Holy Spirit Empire, High Priest."

The legion monsters that were wreaking havoc everywhere suddenly froze, and then evacuated from the space station in front of everyone's astonished gaze, just like wild beasts fleeing in a panic when encountering something they fear.

If someone could sneak into the internal communication channel of the legion monsters at this moment, they would find that they are all conveying the same message: a Holy Spirit madman is lurking here, and the legion members must evacuate as soon as possible!
Holy Spirit Empire! ?
That crazy empire that caused the entire universe to be in turmoil as soon as it appeared? !
That crazy country where all the people are messengers and there are two star gods? !

The corners of Kafka and Silver Wolf's eyes twitched at the same time, and they recognized the special fluctuations of the Mad Empire on the old man, and immediately realized that this was the most dangerous moment of their operation.

Why didn't Elio foresee this situation!

Kafka temporarily suppressed her doubts and stared at the high priest, thoughts surging in her mind.

There is no way he can defeat him in a fight. Even if he can defeat the old man in front of him, he cannot defeat the Star God behind him - every Holy Spirit person has the ability to summon the Star God unreasonably.

The difference is that some Holy Spirits can only call upon them when they are seriously injured, while others can communicate with their Star Gods at any time.

Since the man in front of him is the high priest, he might even be able to call on his gods to help him fight the enemy.

——It’s just like cheating.

"Are you here for this star core as well?"

Kafka thought of the most likely guess and gave up the star core behind her: "If that's the case, you can take it. We won't stop you."

There are still many star cores in the universe. If you miss this one, there is always the next one. But if the star core hunters are hated by the crazy people like the Holy Spirit, then there will be no peace forever.

God knows why these lunatics are more like hunters than the Immortal Boat Alliance and the Sea Patrol Rangers!

"No, I'm here for you."

The high priest shook his head, his eyes gentle: "Your name is Kafka, right?"

Come for me...name...Kafka's eyes twitched. Could this be the unexpected change that Elio mentioned?

But why is it the Holy Spirit Empire?

"I am Kafka."

Kafka did not deny it, her eyes were alert but also a little curious: "Why did the high priest come to me?"

"My god has awakened me and my dead hometown. To celebrate this reunion, I want to prepare a gift for him."

The high priest said gently: "For this, I have thought about it for a long time and asked many people."

Until I accidentally heard a name, Kafka.

The god mentioned this name when he was in Teyvat, and even knew the appearance of this "Kafka", the weapons she used, and other detailed characteristics.

This must be someone that God cares about - the high priest has no doubt about it.

So he began to search and collect information about "Kafka" throughout the universe. Unexpectedly, the information turned up surprisingly easily.

Kafka, a member of the Star Core Hunters, is a wanted criminal for whom the company and Xianzhou have offered a high reward.

"You want to use me as a gift and sacrifice me to your gods?"

Kafka's face turned cold, and she looked at Silver Wolf calmly, ready to fight and retreat.

As for leaving with the high priest and becoming a sacrifice to the Star God... she had no interest in that at all. "It's a gift, not a sacrifice."

The high priest corrected her and said sternly, "The Lord God never accepts bloody human sacrifices. From the very beginning, He believed from the bottom of His heart that such sacrifices were barbaric, feudal, and backward."

Kafka was too lazy to pay attention to the words of the crazy priest. She seized the opportunity and countless purple silk threads appeared out of thin air, binding the high priest like sharp blades or spider silk!

At the same time, Silver Wolf danced his hands quickly, and instantly opened a transition channel to the outside world.

"Boom."

The high priest looked calm and tapped the floor with his snake staff.

The next moment, space and time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The purple spider silk, the jump channel that was like a torrent of data, and Kafka and Silver Wolf were all like little bugs trapped in amber, unable to move.

The high priest tapped the floor with his snake staff again, and space and time returned to normal, except that Kafka and Silver Wolf had disappeared.

Just as he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of something that didn't belong in the collection room.

"Huh? This is... an unformed empty shell?"

The high priest became interested, his eyes moved between the star core and the empty shell, and suddenly he understood.

"I see, is this what you are going to do?"

He turned his head to look to the side, and the figure of the silver wolf emerged from the air: "Using virtuality to control reality, it's an interesting ability."

"what have you done?"

Silver Wolf stared at him intently. She hadn't noticed anything just now, and the original projection had lost connection with her. When the connection was restored, Kafka had disappeared.

"It's just a little trick."

The little tricks of time and space, the little tricks that once annoyed the gods, the little tricks he had studied for thousands of years with the help of the gods, and now, with the grace of the gods, he had finally mastered them completely.

The high priest raised his hand, and the suspended star core was taken into his hand: "You want to use the star core to awaken the consciousness of this being, right?"

Silver Wolf looked at him nervously, saying nothing.

"Relax, little girl, we are not enemies for now."

The high priest smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly his expression changed slightly, and his old eyes were full of piety.

"My Lord God, are you calling me?"

"High Priest, what is that thing next to you that has caused such a drastic disturbance in fate?"

Chen Tianfeng's voice sounded from the high priest's heart, "Open the field of vision, let me see it too."

"I will obey your will, my God."

The high priest closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his left eye had turned into a pale snake pupil.

The sight of God descends here.

Although it was not necessary to be so troublesome, it was very interesting and could also show the close relationship between the high priest and the gods. At the insistence of the old man, Chen Tianfeng finally retained this skill.

"Ha, so he's the 'protagonist'."

Chen Tianfeng said with a playful tone, and chuckled, "High Priest, choose that empty female shell - yes, that's her, and put the star core into the empty shell to wake her up."

"No wonder fate has fluctuated so drastically. The 'story' is about to begin, how can it be without a 'protagonist'?"

"Okay, I have something else to do here. See you in the Holy Spirit Empire later."

Chen Tianfeng ended the contact and looked at the pitch-black sun in front of him that looked like a natural celestial body. He grinned and a pale giant snake as big as the pitch-black sun revealed its figure.

"Ah, that guy led me here so that we could meet?"

The giant snake smiled mockingly, "As expected of Huan Yu, your ability to stir up trouble is first-rate. What do you think?"

The dark sun trembled slightly, and countless voices sounded at the same time, eventually converging into an indistinct muttering: "It's meaningless... Everything is meaningless."

"He is waiting to see the show, and might even stop Suzaku for it."

"Meaningless."

"That's all you can say?"

"Meaningless."

"Oh, Huanyue is very sure that I, the [Existence], will devour you, the [Nothingness]."

The giant snake smiled, not at all annoyed by the calculation.

[Existence], this is His other name, it can also be called "destiny".

When the world's [death] is reversed, what emerges is the all-embracing [existence].

Everything that exists has meaning.

The concept of destiny is ridiculously broad, as if it can include everything in the universe. However, the conditions for embarking on this destiny are so harsh that most creatures in the universe despair - only people with holy spirits can walk on this destiny.

Just like the giant serpent of Existence, He only cares about the Holy Spirit.

It is also worth mentioning that most of the creatures in Teyvat joined the Holy Spirit Empire not long ago.

"IX, do you think I will devour you?"

"..."

The dark sun froze for a moment, and finally gave another answer: "Can you?"

"of course not!"

The giant snake laughed. "Why should I devour you? Whether it's destruction or preservation, or wisdom, harmony, abundance, memory, hunting... all concepts in the universe belong to [Existence]."

"I am [Existence], the universe, and the essence of the world. Naturally, I will not reject your [Existence]!"

He lowered his head, stared at the dark sun, and declared: "Nothingness is also a kind of existence."

The dark sun shook violently, the stars trembled, and countless stars that were swallowed by it shattered and reorganized at this moment, bursting with dazzling light.

——He seemed to finally glimpse the true nature of the monster before him at this moment.

"The universe will eventually return to nothingness, and the world is doomed to cease to exist."

The dark sun asked the giant snake: "What will you do then?"

The giant snake did not answer directly, but just smiled and said: "Look, a new story is about to begin."

The universe becoming nothingness and the world being destroyed does sound scary, but so what?
It would be great if we could stop it, but it doesn’t matter if we can’t, it’s just a new national migration.

The Holy Spirit man has enough experience.

Now, just enjoy the present moment.

The giant snake suddenly became interested, lowered its eyes, and cast its gaze across the sea of ​​stars at the life that was reborn with the help of the star core, lowering its gaze like a god.

“One day, you begin to doubt whether your journey really has any meaning, whether everything you have experienced is already destined, whether you can really reach that destination, whether you are just a puppet in the story, controlled by a higher-dimensional consciousness…”

"Then shout out my name, and I will give you a chance to jump out of everything and reject everything."

"To face the truth and to get answers."

"Then answer me..."

"...Are you still willing to go on? Are you willing to join the game?"

……

……

"Is this a gift for me? How thoughtful of you, High Priest!"

Chen Tianfeng looked at the dark purple coffin with fine golden patterns that the high priest presented to Him, and couldn't let it go for a moment: "You really understand me. I haven't slept in a coffin for a long time. I feel uncomfortable all over my body."

The high priest smiled reservedly, but he could not conceal the pride and joy in his eyes.

It is truly a joyful thing that the gods like the gifts he has prepared.

He stroked his beard and said gently, "By the way, Lord God, there is a little surprise in the coffin. I hope you like it."

"Is there any surprise?"

Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows, pushed open the coffin lid and looked down.

A city beauty with purple hair and purple eyes was lying in it, staring at Him, with beautiful fluorescent ribbons wrapped around her body and delicate little bows tied on her hands and collar.

Chen Tianfeng: “…”

What's going on?! (End of this chapter)