Chapter 474: Strange Glasses, Principle Exploration, 1 Story

Time always passes quickly when you work hard.

The space is separated, creating private clouds floating in the cave. Before practicing every night, Jiang Yi can see the girl carrying a hoe and holding a sprinkler, busy in the fields.

He came stealthily and left stealthily, and stayed longer and longer.

A pile of bones of various creatures were brought here, as if they wanted to study whether they could make the land more fertile and magical.

During the day, I continued to copy the "Ode to a Thousand Winds" and listened to Wendy playing it.

In the afternoon, I was thinking about modifying the alchemical compass in Lisa's alchemical workshop, and thinking about how to make use of the East Wind Feather, North Wind Cold Jade... and other materials on my body.

By the way, extract food for the three Yaksha spirits from the elemental plants and elemental minerals.

The rations have been improved to the 35th version. They taste good, are rich in elements, have a delicate texture, and you can adjust the sour, sweet, bitter and spicy taste yourself.

That day, in the drawer of the alchemy workshop, Jiang Yi found a detector that looked like a monocle.

After putting it on, the world looks no different to you.

But the "Leaves of Truth to Break Ignorance" in his head, formed by the magical vision in his mind, reminded him that this pair of glasses was unique.

The materials used to make glasses are dangerous and magical, and this lens can allow people to see something.

In this drawer, Jiang Yi also found a purchase order from last year, and the materials came from Xumi.

The names of the entire batch of materials are written in Sumerian.

In order to read Xumi's thesis, Jiang Yi learned a little Xumi language, but at this moment, these materials may be too rare, and they are professional terms, and he doesn't recognize any of these words.

As an alchemist, it is natural to be curious about the various instruments in high-end laboratories.

You need to be proficient in various instruments to conduct experiments.

So if I have any questions, I will naturally ask Lisa.

"Sister Lisa, how do I use this detector to detect something?"

Lisa was in the library downstairs, and Jiang Yi arrived in front of her in a few seconds.

"Hmm~ It's this little thing!" Lisa took a look, "Although I made it myself, I can't use it myself."

"The bard borrowed it before to help with the experiment."

"Go ask him and Ying! They know how to use this thing."

"If nothing unexpected happens, you can see some very interesting things in some people!"

Jiang Yi's memories surged, and he seemed to know what this thing was used for.

It appeared in the game.

"Sister Lisa, what is the principle of this thing?" Jiang Yi asked curiously.

"Instead of asking me for knowledge, why don't you explore it yourself?" Lisa slapped out a task list, "The Knights of Favonius need to prepare another batch of potions, so remember to complete them. Sigh~"

"Little cutie, someone is here to borrow a book..."

Jiang Yi made way, put on the single-piece eye-shaped detector, and walked out of the library.

The Knights of Favonius patrolling around, the Mondstadt residents passing by, the children walking by...

An illusory, glowing figure appeared next to the child.

The eye with the glasses can see, but the eye without the glasses cannot see.

The figure is not a ghost, but...

"Imaginary friends!" Jiang Yi whispered.

"It's really interesting! What is the principle behind this?"

His intuition is related to consciousness, dreams, and knowledge of illusions.

Even, it may be a state of mind.

I came to the lower town of Mondstadt and met Ying and Paimon who were taking a rest today.

"Jiang Yi, why are you wearing glasses?" Paimeng looked at the glasses in confusion, feeling that they looked familiar.

"It's an imaginary friend detector." Ying stared at it for two seconds and recognized it.

"Didn't Wendy say at that time that one must at least have a free and childlike mind to use this instrument?" Paimon stroked his chin, "Have any of you passers-by seen the children's imaginary friends?"

"Of course!" Jiang Yi glanced at Paimeng, "Do you think I don't have a childlike innocence?"

If Ying has it, how could I not have it?

"Hiss--!" Thinking of Jiang Yi's previous pranks, Paimeng shrank his neck.

Jiang Yi is indeed full of childlike innocence.

"People's imaginary friends are magical. They exist when they are children and disappear when they grow up." Ying said, "And, there are all kinds of imaginary friends."

"Yeah!" Paimon boasted, "We've seen it before."

"Irene's imaginary friend is Captain Jean, Timmy's imaginary friend is the ruins guard and the flower shop owner, and Flora's imaginary friend is Puff Fruit... It's really surprising."

Jiang Yi smiled and said, "This detector is too big for you to wear, Paimon!"

"You probably haven't seen it with your own eyes. Ying told you..."

"Damn it!" Paimon stomped his feet, "Can you please not expose it?"

"Did anything interesting happen at that time?" Jiang Yi stood on the balcony, looking at the children running past below.

Thinking about how to touch the essence of this "reading illusion".

"Something really impressive happened." Paimon began to tell a story.

In Mondstadt, there lived a legendary adventurer who was famous throughout Mondstadt and had once reached the "Sea of ​​Embers".

Stanley.

The Sea of ​​Silence, a special place in Teyvat.

According to legend, there is not a single breath of wind in the Sea of ​​Silence, which is extremely terrifying.

There was an ear-piercing silence, and the "sea" as far as the eye could see was made entirely of ashes.

Warcraft can stir up a vortex of ash.

There are also raging flames in the Ashes and Silence Sea. According to legend, there are birds bathing in fire in its depths, which sometimes sing loudly.

In the eyes of ordinary people, an adventurer who can reach the Sea of ​​​​Silence and return successfully without dying is undoubtedly a legend.

In the eyes of the people of Mondstadt, the wind can bring the soul back to Mondstadt, but if one risks dying in the windless Sea of ​​Silence, the soul will never be able to return home, which is the most terrifying and desperate situation.

After listening to Paimeng's introduction to the "Sea of ​​Silence", Jiang Yi began to yearn for that place.

“I hope I can go and have a look if I have the chance.”

An ordinary person’s desperate situation may not necessarily be his opportunity.

Paimon continued his story.

Stanley is already an uncle, but he has childlike imaginary friends.

That imaginary friend was a battle-hardened soldier…his body was covered in scars and his expression was very determined.

His name is also Stanley.

In other words, that was the real Stanley, and now Mond's Stanley's real name is "Hans Archibald", a name almost forgotten by himself.

The real story is that he and Stanley arrived at the Silent Sea together, and Stanley, the "great adventurer" who was only one step away from becoming a legendary, died to save him, the newcomer. In order to prevent people from forgetting Stanley's name and great adventure, he replaced the other's name and told Stanley's story to outsiders.

Every night I was filled with deep guilt, drinking and crying.

I am ashamed of my behavior, afraid that I will grow old and no one will mention Stanley anymore. At the same time, I am afraid that my memory is fading. I live for his stories, but I can no longer remember his character and his life.

He wanted everyone in Mondstadt to remember that Stanley had reached the center of the Sea of ​​Silence... was the greatest adventurer, and he was still alive.

But I am no longer able to do so.

I can't forget that Stanley died in the windless sea, but the wind could not take away his soul.

"That day, the idle Wendy showed the gentleness of the wind god for the first time. In front of Hans Archibald, she used the wind to take Stanley's soul back."

It was then that Paimon felt that the "singer" was not a "singer" but the god of love.