Chapter 1578

Genshin Impact.

"Hey hey, this Zandal actually played the family card with Bai E? This is really too despicable."

Although Da Da Li Ya didn't intend to judge Zandal by normal human morals, in his view, harming family is absolutely unforgivable. Family is like a person's harbor, and Zandal is essentially telling Bai E: the only harbor in his life has also become a trap eroding his spirit.

With Bai E's will, such petty tricks certainly wouldn't work, but... in Da Da Li Ya's eyes, this seems particularly low.

If one day he returns home to find Dongniya and Tuoke manipulated, telling him things like "don't be loyal to the Empress" or "betray Snezhnaya," he would surely drag out the mastermind and tear them apart.

"You can't demand morality from an amoral intelligent machine—could normal people really do something like 'rather sacrifice all life in the universe than kill the Erudition Venerate'?" Sang Duo Nie slammed her cup onto the ceramic plate angrily, "Indeed, these people whose names start with 'Zan' have nothing to do with morality."

"Uh, Sang Duo Nie, you're being biased, aren't you?"

Sang Duo Nie naturally admitted: "It is bias, but Zandal reinforced my bias. When knowledge lacks morality and conscience as constraints, it becomes an extremely destructive force. As fellow Knowledge Path Envoys, the Black Tower and Zandal are the best examples of having morality and lacking it."

Pantalone adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and smiled faintly: "I believe, among the 'moral' examples, Miss Sang Duo Nie should also be included."

Sang Duo Nie tilted her head: "First, make it clear—don't think that just because you praise me a couple of sentences, I'll accept your security upgrade quote. If you want to follow your exaggerated plan, then on top of the original quote, you at least need to give me this much—"

Sang Duo Nie extended two fingers and waved them in front of the "rich man's" eyes.

Pantalone didn't respond, still wearing his signature smile, his tea-drinking motion uninterrupted. Only... that smile seemed to have faded a little.

"Sang Duo Nie, didn't you say to talk as little about work as possible when drinking tea?" A Le Qi Nuo raised her cup, gently blowing away the steaming mist, "If this topic continues, you might temporarily slip from 'moral' to 'immoral' in Pantalone's heart."

—

"So, you all must continue forward, downward, toward Xiao Bai ahead."

"Starri nodded without looking back: 'See you tomorrow.'"

"Hehe, little ash—this time, I must gather my strength and really go all out!"

After saying that, Ti An and Tining's figures vanished.

"Wandi: 'The journey of Huoyouzhe now has only two people left.'"

"Sai Feier: 'As expected, they're always on the front lines.'"

Several people left the room, only to suddenly notice another copy of Jiemie Dajun's maxim pressed at the door—this time, it was Xing Xiao's:

"I gazed from distant times and space, saw one person in the Galaxy embark on a journey, followed by billions of clocks beginning to turn."

"If the destruction of Huazuo were not brought about by the birth of Tumu, then at that moment—precisely that moment—stars would fall like startled birds—"

"All harmony and disharmony, perfection and imperfection would utterly perish."

—

One Person Under Heaven.

"'Stars would fall like startled birds'—aside from anything else, this maxim by Xing Xiao is written quite beautifully, full of Romanticism."

Wang Ye lazily leaned on the sofa, tilted his head to look at Zhang Chulan beside him, "These Jiemie Dajun just watch their colleagues being besieged by the Galactic Alliance, not lifting a finger to help—really, they've got big hearts..."

"Old Wang, that's understandable. For Jiemie Dajun, the Xingzhou Train—no, even broader, the entire universe is Tumu's 'prey.' Although these great lords aren't usually united in daily life, they shouldn't arbitrarily interfere with other great lords." Zhang Chulan said.

"Wow, then they're not afraid of being picked off one by one by the Xingzhou Train?" Wang Ye rested his chin, thinking back a bit, "When I watched cartoons as a kid, I always wondered: why don't villains unite and rush forward together? They need to give the protagonist a chance to shine—if the boss charged early, while the protagonist's forces were still weak, and crushed them in the cradle, wouldn't that solve it?"

"Old Wang, that's hindsight Zhuge Liang thinking. If you were the villain, how would you know who the protagonist is? You can't just think everyone looks like the protagonist."

Zhang Chulan walked to the window, silently lit a cigarette, "Moreover, if the Jiemie Dajun all swarmed up, the Galactic Alliance side would definitely get advance notice and make arrangements—if only Tumu existed, to those high-ups this might just be a routine skirmish with a great lord, but if the whole nest poured out, then the interest would be different."

—

The crowd arrived at a sealed room, and from afar saw another half of the crystal sealed with the "Fushì" mark.

"The second examination hall, we've arrived." Na Ke Xia said.

"San Yue Qi couldn't help but ask curiously: 'This time, what kind of 'wish' will we see...'"

"Unfortunately, quite the opposite—" Na Ke Xia shook her head solemnly, "This time, we must face his 'despair'."

"'Despair'?"

"'Exactly. This path must also be walked again by you.'"

The Star Activation Ritual, with everyone's help, quickly traversed this "despair" road—this journey equaled Bai E's true reflection in the center of the Qian Wan Shi realm; even when he was defeated by Fen Feng and his body liberated, what remained in his heart... was only "despair."

"Dan Heng: 'He exchanged his anger for a drop of Star God's Blood, guiding us here.'"

"Xing received the other half of the 'Fushì' as scheduled, gazed at the empty crystal, and Na Ke Xia sighed softly: 'Finally, you have set down the 'wish' you've borne until now. Also extinguished the 'despair' burned by your anger. When 'light' and 'shadow' are taken by later generations, his true nature will also appear—'"

Na Ke Xia walked to the edge of the road, lowered her head to look down at the boy's illusory form: "That 'blank likeness'... is finally free."

The boy smiled, eyes narrowed, passed through the gate before him, and ran forward.

"'The laughing child in that 'memory'... let him and us walk toward the ending, smiling.'"

Xing followed that "blank wish" forward, the boy seeming to stand in Aolixie's wheat field, laughing as he ran ahead.

"'My wish... is to fulfill everyone's wishes!'"

"However, as he approached a Spirit Water Basin, the boy's illusory form vanished."

"'This Spirit Water Basin is the endpoint of every reincarnation. It seems this gentle little world also needs to fulfill its mission.' Xilian turned her head to look at everyone, 'Before departure, let's look back and say goodbye properly.'"