Chapter 5196: Su Han snapped his fingers! The world changed! The Seven Gods trembled!

Zhongli fell silent for a very, very long time; he drained his cup of tea and whispered, "Please stabilize the current world."

"Decided?" Su Han raised an eyebrow.

"Perhaps this isn't the most correct decision, but…" Zhongli paused, "if you were to create a new world and relocate all the people there… it would be troublesome. Extremely troublesome."

"Even if you could relocate everyone… those people would still have to farm, clear land, and build homes on the other side… Even if resources there are richer than in our world, everything must start from scratch."

"But even that would be bearable! Yet these 177 large-scale relocations would inevitably trigger upheaval… Even if we gods suppress it… the final outcome… let alone the possibility of countless deaths! Even if we intervene, in the end, only three gods remain here—four other gods and their nations' citizens still exist…"

The rise and fall of nations brings suffering to the people. Zhongli understood this all too well! For ordinary folk, not being disturbed was the best thing.

Precisely because he loved them, Zhongli could not bear to see the people suffer massive casualties during such a relocation.

"Moreover!" Zhongli turned to the Seven, speaking gently, "Even setting aside all this… if we simply asked these people directly, wouldn't their thoughts be the same?"

"Yes!" Keqing spoke seriously, locking eyes with Su Han, her voice firm, "Home is hard to leave… Even if, after great struggle, life in another world could be better… still… I love this land beneath my feet, deeply."

"From a purely merchant's perspective, relocation might be more economical. But emotions… are often impossible to calculate," Ningguang sighed.

"Since you've all decided this!" Su Han had no objections; he snapped his fingers lightly, and in the next instant, a ripple spread outward from his fingers like water—but faster than thought…

Sumeru.

In a strange, peculiar state, the Little Dendro King Naxiatu suddenly opened her adorable eyes, looking bewildered, "The world… has changed…"

The Fire God, the Water God… even the Queen of Fontaine… all felt the anomaly.

Within a strange, magnificent palace nestled in ice and snow.

The Queen slowly opened her eyes, lifting her gaze toward the sky, murmuring, "Is it Tianli? She sensed it… No, it cannot be her."

As one who sought to defy Tianli, her understanding of Tianli, even among the Seven, was among the finest.

Precisely because she understood, she was certain Tianli could never possess such an unimaginable power—let alone one capable of arbitrarily altering the very essence of the world…

If Tianli had such power, then… even as Queen of Fontaine, one of the Seven, possessing all the Divine Hearts and completing her plan… before such a terrifying existence, she would be nothing more than a flick of the wrist… No, perhaps Tianli need only breathe, and all her plans would be obliterated…

Before absolute violence, before absolute power… all schemes appeared laughable…

Closing her eyes, she remained silent for a very, very long time, then suddenly spoke, "The Fatui—temporarily lower the priority of collecting the Seven Divine Hearts."