Genshin Impact Internet Cafe: From Wendy to Wendy

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“…Su Li, I’m glad you’re okay.” Seeing Su Li’s expression change from uncertain to calm again… at least on the surface, Nashida said, “We are almost at our destination, let’s get ready to go down.”

"Okay." Su Li responded in a deep voice.

Under the roots of the World Tree.

Looking at the towering trees in front of him, as well as the glowing branches and leaves on the trees, Su Li was shocked by seeing this magnificent scenery with his own eyes, and it helped him regain his composure to some extent.

Nashida and they walked along the huge tree roots for an unknown amount of time before they finally arrived near the World Tree.

"This is it..." Nashida, who could already see the end, was about to say something to Su Li, but she suddenly paused and a very shocked expression appeared on her face.

That…that is…

Looking at the small figure standing under the World Tree, with his back to her and looking up at the World Tree.

Nashida's mind went blank.

She never forgot the ultimate purpose of coming here, which was to find the Great Compassionate Tree King and ask for the [truth].

But Nashida never expected that the Great Kind Tree King, whom she had always regarded as a role model and had always felt inexplicably close to, would actually...

Looks exactly like her!

Hearing the voice, the Great Compassion Tree King turned around and first glanced at Su Li who was standing silently in the corner. Then he looked at Nashida who was looking at her in disbelief and said softly, "You are here."

"You...you are...the Great Compassionate Tree King?!" Nashida took two steps forward, her tone surprised.

The Great Compassion Tree King seemed to have anticipated Nashida's reaction: "Yes, it's me. Does this look... surprise you?"

"But... this... why is this?"

"Because you and I are of the same essence." A faint smile appeared on the face of the Great Compassion Tree King, "That's why we appear to be the same."

"Why... are the essences the same?" Nashida was even more confused about the answer of the Great Compassionate Tree King.

"Because... you are me, I am you, and you are my [reincarnation]." The Great Compassion Tree King spoke softly, "As the Great Compassion Tree King, I am the [incarnation of the World Tree], and you are the [purest branch] broken off from the World Tree.

“It’s like… even if a tree dies, its branches can still take root and sprout and grow, continuing life in another way.

"What is before you is only a trace of consciousness left by the Great Compassion Tree King. The real me must have been dead for a long time..."

Looking at Nashida who was lost in thought, the Great Compassion Tree King pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm... Judging from your current appearance, I should have been dead for about five hundred years..."

It turns out that the truth is actually like this.

Only then did Nashida understand why she had no memory of the Great Mercy Tree King, and why she seemed to be born into this world at the moment the Great Mercy Tree King died.

Nashida, who had always been unconfident about herself, asked her first question after learning that she was the reincarnation of the Great Kindness Tree King: "If that's the case, then... can I become a god as great as you one day?"

“Although you and I are of the same essence, our destinies must be different.” When the Great Compassion Tree King said this, for some reason, he glanced at Su Li who was standing beside him, and then continued, “Everything has its own [destiny].

“Just like when a branch grows into a new tree, it cannot be exactly the same as the original one.”

Hearing this, Nashida was thoughtful: "So fate... is the ultimate knowledge, right?"

"That's a great idea, I agree. And because of this, you will no longer be my..."

"Really..." Nashida felt a little unconfident again.

As if he could see Nashida's distress, the Great Kind Tree King said softly: "...But you may become a greater god than me..."

Nashida looked up suddenly. This was the first time in five hundred years that someone... uh, the second time that someone had so bluntly expressed their approval of her.

As for the first time...Su Li told her that two days ago.

"I have seen in you the will that I did not have back then. The [future] it leads to is your destiny." The Great Kind Tree King added, "Don't worry, the growth of wisdom is just like the growth of plants. You only need to wait quietly for the flowers to bloom, and you will grow into a great god."

Hearing these encouraging words from the person she had always admired, Nashida's anxiety and lack of confidence that had accumulated over the past five hundred years were actually eliminated a lot.

"Thank you..." Nashida finally smiled, "This is really a very happy thing. The person I have always admired is actually myself with a different destiny...

"It's so nice to talk to you, King of the Great Kind Tree. I've always wanted to meet you..."

"I am the same." The Great Kind Tree King looked at Nashida with gentle eyes. "From the moment I broke off the branch of the World Tree and created you, I have been looking forward to the day when I can have a conversation with you like this."

Nashida seemed to have forgotten the uneasiness she had inadvertently felt when she first entered the consciousness space. She looked at the Great Compassion Tree King who was so close to her, wanting to get to know him better: "Can you tell me... why you created me? And... what happened when you died..."

In response to Nashida's two questions, the Great Compassion Tree King was obviously silent for a moment. She looked at Su Li again, and then said to Nashida: "I know that you are here to seek... [answers], right? On the day when the incident happened..."

The Great Compassionate Tree King narrated from the beginning what happened on the day of the Kanreya disaster.

To put it simply, when the other six gods except the Great Compassion Tree King attacked Kanreya, the Great Compassion Tree King did not go to the battlefield, but had a more important mission, which was to [protect the World Tree].

"…The disaster came along with the contamination of forbidden knowledge. Almost immediately, I, whose consciousness was connected to the World Tree, sensed something was wrong." The Great Compassionate Tree King said calmly, "When I arrived at the World Tree, it had already been eroded by forbidden knowledge.

"If I hadn't worked with the Scarlet King to deal with the pollution caused by forbidden knowledge a thousand years ago, I would have been even more helpless at that time."

"What exactly is forbidden knowledge?" asked Nashida.

“It is [knowledge] that does not belong to this world, it is [fact] that cannot be recognized… and it is [truth] that cannot be understood.”

Su Li, who was bored and wondering why he fainted last time, once again noticed a gaze that seemed to be glancing at him.

He couldn't help but look at the Great Mercy Tree King who was talking to Nashida in confusion, wondering what was going on with this Great Mercy Tree King? Why did he have to look at him every time he spoke?

Could it be...

Su Li had a guess in his mind.

Have I become more handsome recently?!

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