Chapter 505: Seeds from long ago, stories from long ago
"It feels like Abyss Mages and Ruin Guards often appear together. Wherever Ruin Guards roam, there are often Abyss Mages lurking nearby." Paimon recalled the strange situations he encountered when he was adventuring with Ying.
"This is not a coincidence." Dain said meaningfully.
"There are no coincidences in the world. Everything is a seed planted in the distant past. Just like your appearance in that tavern... time is just waiting for it to sprout."
Ying frowned.
Dain quickly changed the subject and talked about the connection between the Abyss Order and the Ruins Guard, saying that they were branches extending from the same root system and came from the ancient country "Kanria" that was destroyed five hundred years ago.
They are the remnants of the destruction of Kanreya.
Jiang Yi listened and murmured: "The seeds planted in the distant past... time is just waiting for them to sprout."
Having just experienced "Time and Wind" and explored the sundial and the island of the Thousand Wind Temple, he was particularly sensitive to this sentence.
“The wind brings the seeds of stories, and time makes them germinate.”
"The long-ago stories have come with the wind, and have grown and sprouted in time."
"destiny……"
He remembered Mona's words again, that the fate of the world has already been determined.
"Time, wind, fate, story..."
Over there, Ying seemed to have made up her mind and said, "I know the name 'Kan Ruiya'. I have memories of being in Kan Ruiya."
Paimon was shocked: "You have memories? That was a country that was destroyed five hundred years ago."
Dain was silent for a moment: "Everyone has secrets."
After saying that, he glanced at Jiang Yi, then turned back to look at Ying: "Just like you haven't asked me about the time, I won't ask you either, but if you are willing to talk, I will listen."
Jiang Yi found that Ying also looked at him, and then Ying took a deep breath and told him about the sea of fire he saw in Kanriya five hundred years ago and the gods he met later.
Ying came to this world and was awakened from a meteorite by her brother.
Her brother woke up much earlier than her and told her that the destruction of Kanreya had caused great changes in the world and asked her to leave this world called Teyvat with him.
The sleeping Ying woke up for the first time in this world and encountered a disaster. Her brother woke up first and understood this world better than her.
So, she followed her brother's advice and hurried to leave, and then encountered strange gods who blocked their way.
Ying was sealed by the gods and woke up in the present era.
Apart from the place name "Kanreya", she knew nothing about the other background of the country.
During her travels with Paimon, she read some vague information before going to Mondstadt, and collected some old books in Mondstadt and Liyue to find out about the history of "Kanria" in order to find her brother.
"This is the clue second only to 'Seven Gods', although it is a clue of 'only one place name'." Ying pursed her lips slightly, looking pitiful.
In search of the Seven Gods, he traveled across the Seven Kingdoms, but Kanrea, which had been destroyed five hundred years ago, could no longer be found.
Jiang Yi came back to his senses from thinking about fate and time and remained silent.
"You will be able to see your brother soon..." He sighed inwardly, and thinking of his own concealment, he couldn't help but say sorry to Ying.
After listening to Ying's words, Dain said, "I should know more about Kanriya than you do."
He began to talk and Ying listened attentively.
Kanreya is a country without gods - the gods are not dead or gone, but have never existed in Kanreya's history from the beginning.
It is a powerful country built purely by human beings, and human beings are proud of its unprecedented prosperity and brilliant civilization.
But...everything was destroyed by the gods.
"Destroyed by the gods..." Ying's eyes became sharp, thinking of the sea of fire in the collapsed country and the chain-like red blocks.
Jiang Yi sensed Dai Yin's emotions and read Dai Yin's mind superficially to judge the truth of his words.
"Five hundred years ago, the gods came together and destroyed Kanrea. They uprooted the so-called 'human pride' like weeds from the garden of gods..." Dain looked indifferent, as if he had hidden resentment.
This is a history that is not recorded in history books, and there is not even a single mention of it.
Ying felt the urgency, and what Dain told her about the actions of the gods made her want to find her brother even more and ensure his safety.
Also, Wendy and Zhongli...
She stood up and asked the two gods what their plans were, wondering what explanation the God of Wind and the God of Rock would give.
"Keep going! I'll tell you what you want to know on the way." Dain looked into the distance. Staying in one place and talking about the past always makes people fall into bad memories and wears down their will. Only by moving can we distract ourselves.
Jiang Yi followed and decided to come here to help as a thug.
After all, he had no secrets to share.
See the Ruins Guardian and the Abyss Mage again, kill them with one arrow.
Dain heard Paimon ask whether the ruins guard belonged to Kanreya, and whether Kanreya had many ruins that needed to be protected.
He shook his head and explained that the name of the Ruins Guard was given by modern people based on their impressions. The real name of the Ruins Guard was codenamed "Tillage Machine" in the Kanreya era five hundred years ago.
It is not a farm tool, but a weapon created based on the concept that "land is not plowed with farm tools, but fought for with iron and blood."
"Truth is only within range, and the landing point of the missile is the border of the country." Jiang Yi still appreciates and agrees with this concept.
After the fall of Kanrea, these weapons that lost their masters were out of control. They kept wandering for a long time and gradually scattered in every corner of the continent of Teyvat.
According to Dain, the "tillage machines" reside in various ruins and sleep in a dormant state because they sympathize with other ancient civilizations that have also perished, just as their creators have.
But Jiang Yi felt that there must be a deeper reason.
Click, click.
The core of the ruins guard in front lit up, and missiles flew like flying wild bees, dragging their stingers, covering the sky, trying to kill the enemies who disturbed them.
Ying suddenly leaped up and attacked fiercely. The dazzling morning light appeared in his hand, and a green tornado and golden-brown rocks fell down.
Pierce a Ruin Guardian's core with a single sword to end their five hundred years of aimless wandering.
Jiang Yi did not make a move. He saw that Ying seemed to want to vent, so he just stood aside.
Dain also stopped telling the story, as there was no point in telling a deeper story.
No matter what the "Tiller" was like in the past, now its only power left was to "threaten" adventurers.
Wait for Ying to deal with these ruins guards and the attacking abyss mage alone.
Dai Yin and Jiang Yicai stepped forward.
From the corpse of an Abyss Mage, a talisman with purple light and the power of the Abyss emerged, surrounding the Abyss Mage like a ring.
