Chapter 812: General Thunder and Shadow, Doll and True God, Key and Lock

"To abolish the Eye Hunting Order... it's not about refuting her with words, nor is it about using the power of the resistance army to stage a coup, nor is it about becoming a god and fighting a life-and-death duel with General Raiden. Instead, it's... directly changing General Raiden's inner world."

"Jiang Yi's idea coincides with mine, but..."

Yae Shenzi looked at him and said, "Ying, do you really understand what this sentence means?"

Ying said: "Jiang Yi said that at the 100th Eye of God's 'Eye Hunting Order' ceremony, the Thunder General that appeared was different from the Thunder General in another space."

She briefly talked about what happened that day and the mysterious space she entered.

"That is General Thunder's own world, a space made up of his will and determination. If we fight there, we don't need to shake the Thunder God's power, we only need to shake his will and determination."

Under the thunder.

Yae Shinko smiled when she heard Ying's words: "You are a very observant guy. You really saw two different Thunder Generals."

"The god who attacked you during the ceremony under the Thousand-armed and Hundred-eyed statue and is now fighting Jiang Yi in the sky is a 'puppet' named General Thunder, the Eternal Executor."

"And the Raiden General who is meditating endlessly in the 'Pure Land of One Heart' in that self-world you see... is the real Raiden General... His name is 'Shadow'."

Ying and Paimon fell into deep thought.

"In other words, what changed was not only the 'battlefield' but also the 'opponent', from a puppet to a shadow." Paimon figured out the logic.

"I've also noticed some subtle differences..." Ying nodded, "Their demeanors and weapons are different."

The Raiden General in the self-space holds a long-handled naginata, while the Raiden General outside holds a katana.

"Puppet?" Paimon mentioned this concerned word, "Why is the real General Thunder hiding inside the puppet?"

"Because..." Yae Shinko looked at the sacred cherry tree, "This is the 'eternity' of the Thunder General."

"Before pursuing the eternity of this kingdom, you must first touch eternity yourself. The flesh will eventually return to dust, and it will be replaced by the body of a 'doll'."

"The spirit cannot escape wear and tear, so she lodged her consciousness in the sword and used meditation to avoid all disturbances."

The falling cherry blossoms from the sacred cherry tree seem to be a sigh of the unreachable eternity and the withering of life.

Yae Kamiko stretched out her hand, and a cherry blossom petal fell into her palm and was blown away by the wind.

"Isshin Pure Land, the space that the puppet cut open with the knife that you saw..." She said, "You call it the Raiden General's ego world, you should know... This is a space like her 'inner world', which generally only allows the 'self' to exist."

"Enclosed in his own world, all the external complications are left to that puppet who will only rush towards eternity regardless of everything..."

"…This is the eternal path that Shadow has figured out."

Ying couldn't comment on the actions of the real General of Thunder, but she was somewhat familiar with the word "wear and tear".

"Zhongli also talked about 'wear and tear', which was one of the reasons why he abdicated..." She frowned slightly. Is every god troubled by wear and tear?

Yae Shinto easily detected Zhongli's identity from Ying's words. Wear and tear, abdication, there is only one person in the world who deserves these two words.

“Are you talking about Morax?” She looked into the distance. “It’s been a long time since we last met. It turns out that the God of Liyue made such a choice… He is indeed an interesting God.”

The so-called departure of the gods is perceptible to beings like them. The previous doubts about where the Rock God disappeared to have now been answered.

Paimon thought for a long time, "Although it feels strange to use a puppet to act instead of myself, it seems that General Lei Dian can avoid the same problem as Zhongli..."

Yae Shinko shook his head.

"Haha, but... isn't her behavior just like a child who locks himself in the room after losing his temper? And her so-called 'eternity' has long become what she thinks is 'eternity'." She commented boldly, criticizing the gods enshrined in the shrine.

"In the final analysis... it's just the fear of losing..."

When Ying heard the words of Yae Shinto, he inexplicably felt that the last few words that Sanbing said before he left, "The more you gain, the more you lose; the more powerful you are, the more incompetent you are." seemed to be referring to this Inazuma god.

"Okay!" Yae Shinko said, "You and I are on the same page. You want to save the Inashi people under the Eye Hunting Order, and so do I. I just want to save this country and her at the same time."

"It doesn't count as you asking me for help. You need to owe me a favor."

"I will help you as much as I can."

Paimon looked surprised. The Eightfold Divine Son finally made a clear promise.

"Thank you very much, Lord Yae Shinko." Ying bowed seriously.

"That's not necessary." Yae Shinko said, "The key to the plan is very clear. 'One Heart Pure Land' represents Ying's inner world. If we defeat her there, we may be able to 'twist' General Raiden's will."

"But I have a question, and I hope you won't hide it."

"What's the problem?" Ying asked.

"Tell me in detail what happened when you saw Ying. Don't just generalize it as a battle." Yae Shenzi said, "You said you couldn't enter General Raiden's Pure Land, so... what did you do to make her unshakable?"

"Uh——!" Ying blinked and thought of Jiang Yi, that scumbag.

At this tense moment, a thought occurred to her: Could this be the key to the matter? Today's strange and difficult battle was caused by the dark dragon.

But this is not right! Wouldn't it be more disturbing to think that they are the great variables that shake eternity?

That's why we came to hunt them down!

If you feel that it is not a variable and your heart is not shaken, you should not come to chase me.

"Hmm? Haven't you realized how special you two are? I've said that 'One Heart Pure Land' is generally a space that only allows the self to exist, and the fact that you can appear there proves... that she has enough interest in you." Yae Shinko said.

"A visitor from another world, a girl with the breath of the sea of ​​stars. Perhaps... she has never seen an individual who seems so 'unstable' to Eternity." She looked at Ying with interest, and thought of Jiang Yi, who had created such a huge sensation in Inazuma in such a short period of time.

"Logically speaking, you shouldn't be unable to enter the Pure Land of One Mind, right?"

Paimon interrupted, "Has no one else gone in there?"

"Since that eternal believer began to isolate himself, there has never been such a thing. No one even knows what that space looks like." Yae God Son said, "Your existence is not only an opportunity, but also a 'key'... It doesn't make sense. Why can't this key suddenly open the lock? Is the key broken, or is the lock broken?"

Ying took a deep breath and spoke out the power in Jiang Yi that carried the wishes of many civilizations, possessed the power of the dark universe, and was not allowed to be born in the world.

Yae Shenzi thought for a long time: "So it's not that the key is broken, nor is it that the lock is broken, but that both the good and bad keys were taken at the same time, which scared Ying and added a lock to close the door tighter."

"The last wish and the wish were shown at the same time, but she only saw the destruction of civilization?"

"Uh--!" Paimon scratched his head. He felt that the metaphor of the Son of God was a little too fantastic. It felt like the image of God was collapsing.

"So, is there any solution?" Ying asked after coughing twice.

"I think the door can still be opened. Two keys may be able to open two locks." Yae Shenzi said, "Forget it, let's add us in as keys. Anyway, Jiang Yi, who controls the power, is also using violence to kick the door. Although he may not be able to kick it into the door, he should be able to kick out a gap."

"Now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time."

"After all, this is the only way to get Inazuma back on track before it falls into 'eternal darkness'."

Yae Shinto stretched out his hand.

"Give me the amulet in your hand..."

Although the amulet given to Jiang Yi did not have her consciousness, because she was afraid that the other party would sense her displeasure, the force exerted was enough to make her sense the amulet she sent out.

Ying didn't understand why, but still took out the amulet.

Yae Shinko pointed her finger at the amulet and said, "Okay, wear it on your body and take it out when you have the chance to enter the Pure Land of One Heart. The great Yae Palace Master... will appear very gracefully and come to help you."

She chuckled, and at this moment, she was no longer secretive about her plan to instruct others to act as she usually did.

Ying was a little confused, but still put the amulet away solemnly.

"I should have given you 'anti-Raiden General special training', but it's too late now. Just be careful and do what you can."

Yae Shenzi said, "Find an opportunity where we can approach safely, and Jiang Yi kicks the door open, and enter at the same time."

"Otherwise, if you enter the battlefield too early, facing the puppet that is now showing its power, you will be turned into charcoal if you are hit by lightning! If you are chopped by Wuxiang's sword, there is a high possibility that you will not even be left with charcoal."

Paimon sighed: "So... in the end it all depends on Jiang Yi himself! You don't have any good suggestions to open General Lei Dian's own world in advance."

"Yes!" Yae Shinko said, "This key of mine is for you to use to open the door. Try to make Ying stay longer and listen to your words."