Chapter 258

Lumine was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and then a warmth spread through her heart.

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

And the Abyss Order was incredibly dangerous; Seeing Mu Yang originally had no need to take such risks. At the very least, Lumine felt that Seeing Mu Yang had absolutely no reason to do so.

Yet Seeing Mu Yang had gone to investigate Aether for her sake. Thinking of this, Lumine felt a warmth in her heart.

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

Of course, that is not to say others were not 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 had not given her the same warmth as Seeing Mu Yang.

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, wasn't all of that 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 culprits.

After the fall of Khaenri'ah, he established the Abyss Order and is called the Prince of the Abyss by its members," Seeing Mu Yang continued. "During that battle in Mondstadt, he was at the scene, and that massive spatial gate was opened by them."

Lumine's pupils couldn't help but shrink upon hearing Seeing Mu Yang's words.

She did not deny what Seeing Mu Yang said, as it aligned perfectly with the information she had gathered previously.

Her brother had actually 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 Seeing Mu Yang.

She felt that Seeing Mu Yang was doing much better than her on the continent of Teyvat...

Even collecting intelligence was much smoother for him than for her.

Just like the intelligence regarding her brother—she had worked so hard for so long and only collected such a small amount of information, but Seeing Mu Yang?

He had collected the answer directly.

Neither Seeing Mu Yang nor she were people of this world; collecting this intelligence was likely not an easy task.

Moreover, Lumine had discovered from Venti that there were some secrets the Seven Archons knew, but they seemed to be restricted by certain things and could not speak of them.

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

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

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

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

"I've heard of them; they seem to be machines from another world that help with farming," Lumine said after recalling for a moment.

"But to the people of Khaenri'ah, those Ruin Guards were Field Tillers—meaning they intended to use these war machines to 'till' the territories of all other nations.

I think you should understand what that means," Seeing Mu Yang said pointedly. "Archons loving humanity is the tenet of this world.

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

But they seemed to suffer from persecution mania, believing that because they had no gods, the Seven Nations would launch attacks against them, so they constantly conducted various researches.

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

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

Although she couldn't remember many of her memories for the time being, Lumine still understood human nature very well.

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

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

"Who knows? Perhaps you will have to ask him yourself. I can only help you this much," Seeing Mu Yang shrugged. "However, your strength has a significant gap compared to his; he has at least the strength of one 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. "Next, while searching for him, I will also head to other nations to obtain new power."

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