Chapter 146: The So-Called Khaenri'ah

Mu Yang had not yet seen Elynas, but before he transmigrated, he had already played through Elynas's storyline. It was also a creation of Gold, and it, too, had brought a massive threat to this world.

However, unlike the demon dragon Durin, who harbored immense malice toward this world, Elynas chose to commit suicide after realizing it had brought calamity and misfortune to the world.

This proved that not all Abyss monsters desired to destroy this world.

Of course, for this world, these Abyss monsters were indeed highly destructive.

This was not a question of who was right or wrong, but a question of stance.

Did Elynas deserve to die?

Perhaps it was innocent, but for the Teyvat continent, it deserved to die.

Likewise, the original power of Lumine and Aether was also a massive threat to this world.

When it came down to it, the world of Teyvat itself was not particularly powerful; its development was somewhat incomplete. Otherwise, it wouldn't have required so many constraints.

One could imagine that if a Honkai were to occur in this world, the entire world might be finished.

Mu Yang had considered giving this world an upgrade.

With the promotion and popularization of basic internal cultivation arts, and as the humans in the group began to cultivate immortality, the rules of this world were also being changed. This was happening under the push of Mu Yang, the new Heavenly Principles.

However, such an upgrade was taking place imperceptibly. Later, as Mu Yang's cultivation base improved, he would also become connected to this world, absorbing the power of the Abyss through Teyvat's world barrier to strengthen the Teyvat continent.

At that time, the entire world would upgrade, perfect itself, and grow stronger.

But all of this was not something the current Mu Yang could do.

Although the current Mu Yang was already the Heavenly Principles, he was only slightly stronger than the Seven Archons.

Even though Mu Yang was constantly strengthening himself as those tool-men earned points, he felt his strength was still some distance away from Asmoday.

As for Asmoday, her current situation—purifying the Abyssal pollution within her body and preventing the Teyvat continent from being invaded by the Abyss—was already extremely taxing.

To have the Teyvat continent continuously progress and expand under her stewardship was almost an impossible task.

"Didn't you go back to Does Does Liyue? Why did you return to Mondstadt?

Could it be that Venti asked you for help?" Paimon arrived at Mu Yang's side and asked, full of curiosity.

Mu Yang took out a Sweet Madame he had previously gotten from Angel's Share for Paimon, and after rubbing her chubby, fleshy face, he said: "Hmm!

How did you two get here?"

Paimon shared a chicken leg with Lumine, tore off a wing for herself, and said while eating: "We were entrusted by Venti to come here.

Venti asked us to come to Wolvendom to investigate the Abyss Order, but it's too dangerous here, and there are so many monsters.

Moreover, they all seem to be monsters from the Abyss. Even though the Traveler's strength has improved a lot, we haven't been able to truly sneak in."

"Is that so?" Mu Yang nodded thoughtfully. He glanced at Lumine; her condition was indeed not very good.

Although she wasn't injured, the consumption was quite large, and her movements in gnawing the chicken leg were much faster than usual. It seemed she was indeed hungry.

"This time, the Abyss Order is coming aggressively. You must be careful; the battle might be much more intense than the last one." Mu Yang said to Lumine with pointed intent: "Also, your brother is related to the Abyss; you already know about this.

Have you prepared yourself to get involved?"

Lumine's movement of eating the chicken leg paused. She took a deep breath and said: "According to my investigation, the Abyss Order has caused massive destruction to this world. They seem to have started invading this world five hundred years ago.

And my brother and I were also sealed five hundred years ago.

The Abyss Order and some of Khaenri'ah's technology gave me a sense of familiarity.

Perhaps my brother wasn't captured by the Abyss Order as I initially thought, but has an inextricable connection with the Abyss Order and Khaenri'ah."

After a pause, Lumine's expression was incredibly firm: "No matter what his purpose is, or what his original intention was, the actions of the Abyss Order are wrong. If that guy Aether has truly fallen into the Abyss, I will definitely beat him awake!"

Seeing Lumine like this, Mu Yang let out a light laugh: "A very good idea. During this time, I have also been investigating intelligence on your brother."

Hearing this, Lumine was stunned for a moment, and then her heart warmed.

Aether had no relationship with Mu Yang; the only intersection was herself.

And the Abyss Order was incredibly dangerous. Mu Yang originally had no need to take risks; at least Lumine felt Mu Yang had absolutely no need to do so.

Yet Mu Yang had investigated Aether for her sake. Thinking of this, Lumine's heart felt warm.

Mu Yang was also the second person in this world, besides Paimon, to give her such warmth.

Of course, that's not to say others weren't friends. During her time in Mondstadt, she had also come to regard Jean, Barbara, Eula, Diluc, and others as her good friends, but these friends hadn't given her warmth the way Mu Yang had.

Amber: Wait, what about me! Traveler, have you forgotten who introduced you to Mondstadt, who brought you into Mondstadt, who took you flying, and taught you how to use the Wind Glider?

Oh, right, in this world, weren't these things not done by Amber? Then it's fine.

"According to my investigation, your brother participated in the Khaenri'ah incident five hundred years ago, bringing the Abyss to this world. Perhaps it wasn't led by him, but he can be considered one of the black hands.

After the fall of Khaenri'ah, he established the Abyss Order and is called the Prince of the Abyss by the people of the Abyss Order." Mu Yang continued: "During that battle in Mondstadt before, he was at the scene. That giant space portal was opened by them."

Hearing Mu Yang's words, Lumine's pupils couldn't help but shrink.

She didn't deny what Mu Yang said; this also fit perfectly with the information she had gathered before.

Her brother had actually really fallen into the Abyss!

She couldn't understand why her brother had to do this!

"What kind of country was Khaenri'ah?" After pondering for a moment, Lumine asked Mu Yang.

She felt that Mu Yang was doing much better on the Teyvat continent than she was...

Even gathering intelligence was much smoother than her own.

Just like the intelligence regarding her brother, she had worked hard for such a long time and only gathered this little bit of information, but Mu Yang?

He had gathered the answer directly.

Mu Yang and she were both not people of this world; wanting to gather this intelligence was probably not an easy thing.

Moreover, Lumine had also discovered from Venti that there were some secrets the Seven Archons knew, but they seemed to be under certain restrictions and couldn't speak.

Although Mu Yang had a good relationship with Venti and seemed to know the Geo Archon, she imagined he also couldn't get this intelligence from them.

He must have put in quite a bit of effort for this intelligence.

"Khaenri'ah? For humans, it was a country worth being proud of; they were a nation without gods.

To a certain extent, this country had its own backbone; they didn't need the protection of gods." Mu Yang said with a serious expression: "But at the same time, it was also a country with extreme ambition. Do you know about Field Tillers?"

"I've heard of them; they seem to be machines from other worlds that help with field production." Lumine said after recalling for a moment.

"But for the people of Khaenri'ah, those Ruin Guards were Field Tillers. In other words, they intended to use these war machines to plow through the territories of all other countries.

I think you should understand what this means, right?" Mu Yang said with pointed intent: "Archons love humanity; that is the tenet of this world.

If Khaenri'ah hadn't actively started a war or done anything harmful to the world, the Seven Archons wouldn't have done anything to them.

But they seemed to have a persecution complex, believing that because they had no gods, the Seven Nations would launch attacks on them, and they constantly conducted various researches.

Moreover, because there were no gods, royal power had no constraints. You cannot demand that every generation of monarchs be excellent; there will always be a generation of monarchs who become crazy and ambitious, and they eventually started researching the power of the Abyss."

"This is human nature!" Lumine's gaze flickered slightly, and then she sighed softly. She had been to many worlds before, and the things she understood were no less than Mu Yang's.

Although many memories were temporarily inaccessible, Lumine still understood human nature very well.

With generation after generation of inheritance, it was inevitable that some ambitious people would appear in a family, let alone the royal family of a country.

She closed her eyes, conceptualizing all of this in her mind, and then sighed deeply: "But why did that guy Aether get involved? There are some things he should understand better than me, and he is kinder than anyone else."

"Who knows? Perhaps you have to ask him yourself. I can only help you this much." Mu Yang spread his hands: "However, your strength has a significant gap compared to his. He has at least the strength of the Seven Archons."

"I understand. He must be retaining all his power, while I need to unlock it step by step!" Lumine nodded slightly and said: "Next, in the process of searching for him, I will also go to other countries to obtain new power."

— Author's Notes —

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