Chapter 1268 Traps and Madness, 9 Million Ways

Order House.

The wind, rain and thunder outside do not affect the tranquility here.

"It's over, it's over. The stragglers have come out directly. What should we do now?" Paimeng was panicked. Everyone walked forward unhindered.

The outbreak of the war between gods outside made the scholars here not pay attention to who the secretary brought in.

The only scholar who had doubts was easily dismissed by Elhaisen.

"Void" will turn people into machines, unable to think independently. The academic-first atmosphere in the Teaching Institute makes people like to pretend to know everything in front of outsiders.

As long as there is a slight hint that Ying is not an unrelated member of the Court of Ordinances, scholars who do not want to appear "ignorant" will make up their own reasons for Ying and Paimon's coming in, such as being summoned by the Great Sage or the secretary having a special mission and bringing people back.

"Paimon, be natural." Ying comforted softly.

The House of the Decrees is very large, and the halls inside are connected to each other, as vast and infinite as human thinking, forming a magnificent palace.

This is the "brain" of Xumi.

"The Palace of Wisdom is ahead." After walking through a bridge-like passage, Elhaisen looked ahead. There were many bookshelves and bright lights. This was the largest library in Teyvat.

It's enough to shock anyone who sees it.

Mond's library is the largest library in Hokuriku, but it seems "stingy" compared to the Palace of Wisdom.

Silence needs to be maintained in the library. The students of the School of Religion have heavy academic workload, and the pace of their daily life is like a whipped horse, running fast, intensely, and without stopping.

Today, a layer of whispers appeared in the library.

The sentence in the void terminal: "The winner, the one who can heal the world tree, is omniscient and omnipotent, and guides Xumi's scholars to wisdom, and is the new god of wisdom who inherits the throne of the Great Compassionate Tree King for Xumi..."

These students were stunned, as if all the fears of their lifetime were concentrated in this moment.

Subconsciously, I looked for scholars with whom I had a good relationship and asked the questions in my mind.

The information in the void is always true and can never be doubted. This is the meaning of the precious legacy of the Great Compassionate Tree King proclaimed by the Institute of the Church.

So, no one thought this was a joke.

Ying, Paimon, and Elhaisen also carried void terminals. The void terminals in their hands had been modified by Elhaisen and were different from ordinary void terminals.

This message was also received by them.

"The issuer - the Great Sage!"

They looked deeper into the Palace of Wisdom, into the next hall, where there was an elevator to the upper floors of the House of the Decrees, where the office of the Great Sage was located.

Ying suddenly sensed something and turned around abruptly.

As they continued to move forward, the students looked down in panic.

Guards inside and outside surrounded them.

Sharp spears flashed cold light, magical barriers rose from the ground, and some dangerous instruments were aimed at them.

Outside the barrier, the great sage Azar stood among the guards.

"Ying and Paimon, we are two distinguished guests who have come to Xumi. We only have the opportunity to meet each other formally today. We are really sorry for not treating you well enough." The great sage, wearing a heavy round hat and a monocle, was dressed in a solemn and dignified manner, with silver-white temples that showed the vicissitudes of life.

Paimon's face turned pale as he looked at the barrier that imprisoned them. Suddenly, there was a trap on the ground?

The Sword of Advent appeared in Ying's hand and she looked at the great sage.

In addition to the formal meeting, she and the Great Sage had met many times since the first Flower Goddess Birthday Festival.

The students outside were forced to leave.

"Elhaisen..." The Great Sage looked at the calm secretary of the Order, "You have disappeared for so long, don't you think the Order still trusts you? All your actions are predicted by the Void. Including your plan to find an opportunity to confront me, Senor..."

Elhaisen looked around. The function of those instruments was to imitate the mirage in the desert and the invisibility of the Red King's technology, so the Great Sage and these guards appeared and surrounded them silently.

Most of these guards belonged to the "Thirty-Man Group", but they had long since changed from contracted mercenaries to true subordinates who obeyed the sage's orders.

Abandoned the principles of being a Gilded Brigade.

After all, high salaries, great power, and all these things can always easily corrupt people's hearts.

Although they are despised by their peers, how can they enjoy their power and life?

The barrier on the ground was also set up by the outstanding elementalists and rune scholars of the Order Institute, and it was enough to trap the clerk and the legendary traveler.

"Great Sage, I have completed my mission. You don't need to imprison me, right?" Elhaisen took out a can of knowledge. "The God of Man and Ying are both dangerous as you judged. I approached the one next to her and got a lot of top-secret information from her. I think you must be interested. That is news and intelligence that the Fatui don't know."

"Ah! Elhaisen, you traitor..." Paimon said angrily.

Ying also took a step back, keeping some distance from Elhaisen.

"I am loyal to the House of Commands. You who have dangerous ideas and want to rebel against the House of Commands, spread the knowledge of the jade slips, and challenge the authority of Xumi are enemies. I am just loyal to my position." Elhaisen said coldly.

"Alhaisen, there's no need to act." The Great Sage looked at the canned knowledge in Alhaisen's hand with his deep eyes, "Sacrifice the traveler to prove your innocence, and continue to lurk in the House of the Order to find... an opportunity to rescue the little Lucky Grass King and destroy our 'great cause'."

"With your status as a secretary, you can indeed find a way to rescue the little Lucky Grass King, but I now... announce that you have been dismissed from your position."

"I will record this information into the void later."

Elhaisen put away the canned knowledge: "Really don't you want to confirm it?"

"That's not necessary. Let's just stay here and wait for the war of gods outside to end..." The great sage's response was calm.

"The purpose of your promulgation of the regulations is... to bet on both sides at the same time?" Ying looked at the great sage, "Omniscience and omnipotence are impossible for scattered soldiers to achieve."

"...It's surprising. Would I bet on the God of Man?" The great sage looked down at Ying and Elhaisen sideways.

The guard took out a jade slip that had been partially modified by the Ministry of Education and projected the scene outside. Although the scene was blurry due to the influence of the divine power, one could only see thunder colliding in the sky, turning into dazzling rays of light.

The scene is not from a single perspective, but is constantly switching. This is due to Liyue's camera technology. Under the analysis of void computing, the Academy of Teachings found the previous recording technology and re-studied it, and soon formed its own set of recording methods that is no worse than Liyue's.

The most fearful thing in research is the unknown and the lack of visibility of the way forward. Once a finished product is available and can be analyzed, the technology can be restored quickly.

"It's hard to believe that you would say a word like 'bet'." Ying seemed to have gotten to know the great sage all over again.

"No, no, no! This is not the 'gamble' that your impoverished mind understands. Gambling is nothing more than a calculation of probability and the result of running numbers." The great sage shook his head, "We just made two choices based on rational analysis."

"Even experiments have control groups. When there is no longer just one god, we have more choices."

Ying suddenly remembered a sentence.

The scholars in the House of the Decrees are all fence-sitters who pursue profit and fame.

Paimeng couldn't hold it in any longer: "Do you think Jiang Yi will let you go?"

"The God of Mercy and Wisdom, does he only have hatred in his eyes?" The great sage said calmly, "If the God of Righteousness wins, then there is nothing more to say. If the God of Man wins..."

"The God of Man also has the temperament of a scholar. I will trade with him at the cost of the entire Xumi, the academic research resources and environment of the entire Xumi... Help him realize his ultimate dream, unify civilization with knowledge, and lead the entire Teyvat into the starry sky..."

"The God of Man can forgive... the mistakes of the head of Lingshan, the head of Feimu Village, and many others. I don't think we can't reconcile."

“No matter how good the relationship between Little Auspicious Grass King and him is, he will not give up the entire Xumi and give him the power of the Lord of Grass and Trees to rule over the primates, in addition to the power of the Forest King.”

"We can do a lot of experiments for him, even restore the technology of his hometown, other worlds, and fantasy technologies."

"God has his own path, and these mundane matters can be left to scholars."

Ying saw fanaticism in the eyes of the great sage.

The thirst for knowledge and wisdom is clearly revealed.

But the great sage would not think that Jiang Yi became a god by relying on the knowledge of his hometown, right? Or did he want to rely on Jiang Yi to pick up the knowledge inheritance of the other seven countries? Or did he think that Jiang Yi's possibility of becoming omniscient and omnipotent was much greater than that of the scattered soldiers?

The projection of the jade slip suddenly showed the scenery of the lower city and the central city.

In the heavy rain, the Gilded Brigade led by Dixia encountered... the Mirror Lady, the advance team and the debt collector of Zhidong.

Ying's heart sank: "You trust the Fatui so much?"

The thirty-man group from the Lower City and the Central City did not take any action for the time being, neither against Dishia nor against the Fatui.

"Do you care about this? With your mindset, I'm afraid you can't understand what great deeds, benefits, wealth, fame...what is this."

"The brief cooperation with the Fatui is just to make Xumi better and prevent them from disturbing us."

"and……"

"Aren't the two parties in this conflict outsiders who don't belong to Xumi City? When the outcome of the God's Battle is determined, the Thirty-Man Group will naturally arrest both parties involved in the brawl."

The great sage casually switched the screen and looked at the Thunder Bird fighting with the God of Righteousness in the sky.

Part of the wisdom of God that belongs to man has been used by them.

"If humans cannot reach 'omniscience and omnipotence', then we will create gods to reveal it! This is the pinnacle of wisdom that humans can achieve. We will eventually regain the guidance of gods and no longer have to grope aimlessly in the darkness of consciousness and wisdom... Even the crisis of the world tree will eventually be resolved."

Ying and Paimon felt the madness of the great sage.

Is this the “rationality” advocated by the Fatma?

"Today is 'Hidden Knowledge Day', and you should have a lot of work to do. Now... are you completely abandoning the tradition of the House of Religion by staying here with us?" Elhaisen crossed his arms.

The great sage snorted, "Elhaisen, any time can be the 'Knowledge Hidden Day' if I want. What's wrong with a little later? Now it is not us mortals who decide the victory and the future, but the gods of the game."

"This guy really puts 'God' above himself and the House of Lords." Paimon finally understood that the scholar in front of him was no different from a madman.

"If you had regarded 'Little Auspicious Grass King' as a real god from the beginning, nothing that happened today would have happened, and you wouldn't have to wait here for God's decision." Ying looked at him with disdain.

"Little Lucky Grass King? She?" The great sage shook his head slowly. "Gods are far superior to humans. Little Lucky Grass King...what can she do? Provide relief to the people? Control the sandstorms?"

He had a look of surprise and absurdity.

"And making up those ridiculous fairy tales? These are things that the Order can do easily. Are we gods too?"

Ying looked at the guards beside her, and it was obvious that these people agreed with the great sage's statement.

"What is a god?"

"The God of Righteousness and the God of Man before us are called gods. They possess great power beyond nature and will eventually... acquire supreme wisdom."