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"It's affected me. I don't feel good about eating anymore." Xingqiu nodded and said with a bitter look on his face.
"Aren't you arguing? When did you become as strong as Zhongli? Just ask him!"
"No, if you ask me, I don't think he will tell you that you are strong enough to torture him."
Huan Yan shook his head and said a lot, but in the end he could only say one sentence from Xingqiu.
"Who is Zhongli?"
"Why do kids ask so many questions?" Yi Yan pushed Xingqiu away with a big hand, as if he didn't want to delve into this topic.
Seeing this scene, the somewhat dull atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Five hundred years, which is really too long for ordinary people. Even if I knew there was something hidden during that time, I couldn't do anything.
"The meaning of the loom of fate is..." something became clear in Ying's mind.
"It is to reweave the fate of the remaining people of Kanria and let them get rid of their identity as Qiuqiu people."
Dain spoke up for her.
"Then this is a good thing!" Paimon heard this and immediately felt that this plan sounded very good.
"No, you think this plan is too good." Dain shook his head, "Let's not mention the level of the Qiuqiu people's curse. Let's talk about the number. Why do you think there are so many Qiuqiu people?"
"Because there are so many people in Kanria?" Paimon has a straight mind and doesn't make any mistakes.
"Ha, so many that it would take you hundreds of years to kill them all?" Dain sneered and shook his head.
"This..., it seems so." Paimon covered her forehead, and she suddenly discovered a big loophole.
That is, no matter how hard you try, it seems like you can never kill all the Hilichurls.
"Let me put it this way. Nine out of ten of the Hillichul people you see now have 'died' several times."
Dyne rested his chin on his fingers and added: "It can't be said that, except for the first time, which was a real death, the rest are reincarnations between fakes."
"I see!"
Everyone present was lost in thought, but Yi Yan clapped his hands, as if he understood something.
"What do you know?" Dain's hair suddenly appeared on his forehead. He was really afraid that Yu Hu would say something violent again.
"It's nothing, I just understand why I haven't gained weight recently." Yu Yan scratched his back and said casually.
He asked why so many Qiuqiu people had been killed by his hands, but so few intelligent souls had been sucked in. It turned out to be like this.
Dain looked at the embers upon hearing this. Hmm..., the armor is very big, and the ember's body is also extremely strong.
Under this plate armor, it is impossible to tell whether he has gained weight or lost weight.
"You still care about this?" Paimon looked unbelieving. The look on Ember's face told her that he didn't seem like someone who cared about this.
"I care sometimes." Yi Jin nodded. He still cared a little about his figure.
It doesn't matter if you are thin, but be careful if you are fat.
"Fake? What does this mean?" Ying didn't pay attention to Paimon and Ember's nonsense. She frowned, confused.
"Most of the Qiuqiu people you see now emerged when the earth vein nodes were silted up."
"They all left their mark on the earth's veins at a certain period of time, and they were given the opportunity to reappear when the earth's veins were disrupted."
"How much of it is a natural phenomenon and how much is the work of the Abyss Order is unknown."
Seeing everyone's confused looks, Dai Yin explained.
"Then it seems that the Abyss Cult is planning to create mentally retarded people in batches. It's so cruel!"
Yi Yan couldn't help but feel special. He didn't expect that just after he had figured out the magic to create retards, someone was planning to create retards in batches.
It’s really a declining world and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be!
"How do you say this?" Regarding her brother, Ying didn't want to miss any details.
"That's the literal meaning. If it's true as what Dine said, then most Qiuqiu people now have bodies first and then souls."
"The newly conceived souls have nothing to do with the Kanria people. Even if the curse is lifted, there will probably be one less Qiuqiu person and one more retard in the world."
"And he's also a mentally retarded person who likes to rob and bully slimes."
Yi Yan recalled the habits of Qiuqiu people and added.
"The body appears before the soul? Shouldn't the soul be higher than the body?" Chongyun rubbed his temples, feeling a little brain-burning.
"Both of them should be at the same level, right? You can find out if there are more vegetative people or more wild ghosts."
Yan Yan gave an example that Chongyun could not refute.
"Generally speaking, the body and the soul complement each other, and neither one is good without the other."
"If you have less soul, you will become a vegetable; if you have less body, you will become a wild ghost."
"As for the Qiuqiu people who emerged from the earth veins, they should have some memory remaining in their bodies. This memory was nourished by the body and eventually turned into souls."
Ember spoke out a large number of speculations.
"so……"
"So the Abyss Order's plan is to create mentally retarded people in batches, hoping to bring down the finances of the seven countries and subvert the order on the ground!"
Ember said firmly. The tone was full of something called "confidence".
Chapter 390 Disposal of the Statues
2024-01-02
When Paimon heard Ember's words, the confusion in his eyes immediately disappeared.
It is even more difficult to expect the embers to come up with any reliable conclusions than the sun rising from the west.
"I think the purpose of the Abyss Order is definitely not like this." Paimeng drooped his eyelids and looked at the embers with a pair of dead fish eyes.
"Who knows? But no matter what, their plan is not a good one." Dine shook his head.
In his opinion, for the plan "The Loom of Destiny", he most agrees with the purpose, but as for the means... it remains to be discussed.
"Let's not mention these for now, let's consider the threat at hand." Dain thought about the means in his mind that he thought might change the fate of the Kanrian people, but he didn't have any clue.
So he gave up the idea for the time being, as there were more problems that needed to be solved.
Turning around and looking at the hanging statue in the distance, the purple light emitted by it still fluctuated regularly.
"What should we do with this hanging statue?" Dain spread his hands and asked everyone.
"Send it back to Mondstadt?" Paimon tentatively suggested as he looked at the strange hanging statue.
Then she was covered in everyone's contemptuous gaze.
Feeling the gazes from all around, Paimon felt very unconvinced. She crossed her arms and said, "Look what I'm going to do? If I don't put Mond back, what do you think we should do?"
"Don't tell me you want to take this thing home and keep it as a collection."
Paimon felt that his proposal was quite reliable. This hanging statue was originally the statue of the Seven Heavenly Gods of Mondstadt, so it would be perfect to send it back to Mondstadt.
Moreover, the singer from Mondstadt could tell at a glance that he had a lot of backup plans. This hanging statue probably wouldn't be a problem for him.
"If you believe me, I can get rid of it." Dyne did not agree to Paimon's proposal.
The idol has been so deeply infiltrated by the power of the abyss that no one knows what changes will occur if it is returned to the surface.
It just so happens that Dyne has a relatively deep dealing with the abyss, so if it is only a small part of the abyss' power, he can try to deal with it.
Although it is not said to be completely eliminated, it can at least prevent it from appearing on the ground again.
"Actually, I think I can handle it." Yu Yan touched his chin, looked at the hanging statue in front of him, and said eagerly.
"How to deal with it? Burn it?" Paimon looked at the embers beside him and wondered if he wanted to burn the statue.
But can the statue of the Seven Heavenly Gods really be burned? The ensuing question appeared in Paimon's mind.
The material of the Seven Heavenly God Statue is extremely special. It will not rot when soaked in water or leave traces when exposed to fire. It is as if it is an elemental insulator.
But this doubt disappeared as quickly as it appeared, because Paimon recalled his experience with Ember and suddenly felt that his doubts were somewhat unnecessary.
What is the Seven-Heaven Statue? Didn't he also burn the big nails on the snowy mountain? That big nail is not necessarily worse than the statue of the Seven Heavenly Gods.
"Am I such a rude person?" Ember walked to the statue and retorted to Paimon.
There are wisps of dark purple light around the body of the hanging statue, which looks like substantial threads, firmly fixing the statue to the base deep in the earth.
After watching for a while, Yu Yan felt that the light was blinding him.
So he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
I saw Ember's hands stretching straight into the vibrating dark purple light.
The resistance that was enough to push Dyne away before was as if it didn't exist here. The light gradually turned into substance and converged on Ember's arm armor.
Dots of black and purple lumps began to appear, turning Ember's originally iron-gray armor into a pitch-black color.
"Drink, let me in!" After a loud shout, Yi Yan used both arms. The slightest crack appeared under the turbulent light.
With a "click!", the entire hanging statue embedded in the rock wall was pulled out by the embers.
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, after Yan Yan pulled out the hanging statue, he stuffed it into his body bit by bit.
It looked like he had "eaten" the statue.
When the last part of the inverted statue was swallowed by the embers, the secret realm, which was originally bright, suddenly became dim.
Only the nameless runes left behind by the ancient ruins around the secret realm are still emitting a faint light.
"Oh!"
A string of flames burst out from Ember's fingertips, and the beating firelight reflected his sharp-edged armor. The darkness that was not illuminated by the light was like stains on the armor.
All this makes Ember look like an evil spirit escaping from the seal.
And the expressions on everyone's faces were indeed not much different from those who had seen a ghost.
"Senior, don't your teeth hurt?" Xingqiu's expression changed, and he finally asked the first question.
In fact, he had many such questions when reading the novel. For example, why do heroes always get exactly two taels of silver in the hotel, and why do the cliffs they fall into always have a cave or something like that?
"Is this the legendary 'The Universe in a Sleeve'?" Chongyun's eyes were about to turn into star eyes.