Genshin Impact: Great, you guys still remember

"How can this be! That woman is really going too far!"

The thousand-year-long war between demons and gods has left this land a brown, rotten, scorched earth color. Amid the endless mountain ranges, a cave with strange flames stands here.

Here, the gloomy atmosphere that had been soaking into the land was even stronger. In the darkness and weirdness, there were evil gods with green eyes flashing and their own evil intentions.

They used to fight each other, but now they are together.

The stone-like fellow was still slamming the table with his shiny black stone hands.

"It's such a large area, and she occupies most of the best areas, including water sources, plains, mountains, lakes, and coastal estuaries... She has everything she wants.

In the end, she even coveted my subjects and even occupied that huge rock abyss for this purpose..."

The stone man roared in an extremely angry voice:

"And it was me in the past, and it could be everyone here tomorrow..."

The roar that contained many emotions continued to echo in the cave.

As the candlelight flickered, the other evil gods hiding in the shadows all watched with bated breath.

Occupy your rocky abyss? Oh, what do I care,

Not long after, a sneer suddenly came from the darkness:

"Why don't you go find her and ask for it back?"

"Wu!" The stone man clenched his fists, choked by these words and unable to speak.

The mocking meaning in the darkness became more obvious:

"You have no courage, but you have the strength to roar here. Isn't that just impotent rage?"

All the demons present were once enemies. We fought to the death. You punch me and I stab you.

Even if they come together today for certain interests, thousands of years of hostility cannot be resolved so easily.

On the contrary, if the deal was not concluded today, a fight might break out before they even leave the house.

"I don't have the guts? The people of your Mingyun Town couldn't stand your oppression and surrendered their city to Morax. Aren't you also afraid to say a word?"

"you wanna die?"

The voice in the darkness was clearly touched, and the sound suddenly became sharp.

Bats swarmed over the sky and swooped down from the darkness toward the stone man.

Seeing this, the stone man also raised his arms, and dark golden energy fluctuated.

...

The monstrous demonic energy that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly filled the entire cave. The tense scene made the several evil gods who organized this gathering in the deepest part frown.

They all let down their guard a little bit when they came here, but things turned out like this before they even started discussing anything.

It's just... a mess.

With this kind of look, how can they fight against Morax and the God of Midgard?

"enough!"

A deep blue aura accompanied by a cold shout shot out from the deepest part of the cave, splitting into two in the air and attacking the two people who were about to collide.

boom--

The stone man groaned and took a few steps back before being knocked back to his seat. The evil god who secretly released the bats howled in pain and then fell silent.

"Today, you came here just to fight?"

Another voice came from the depths.

“You came here to settle accounts with your former enemies, with the intention of avenging your past humiliation?

Are you here just for the petty profits in front of you and for the selfish desires in your heart?

Could it be that, with thousands of years of practice, you still can't see the biggest problem in front of you? Instead, you are short-sighted and obsessed with those petty calculations?"

At this point, a pair of green pupils suddenly lit up in the darkness:

"If that's the case, please go back, but..."

Under the green pupils are fangs that gleam with blood:

"Those sitting here are our allies."

...

In fact, Zhong Li had been secretly observing He Li for a long time.

Ahem - it's not quite accurate to say it's peeping.

To be precise, it was Zhong Li who discovered some of He Li's behaviors that he thought were unusual, and tried to understand him through observation...

Well, actually, Zhong Li couldn't explain why this was so 'unusual'.

She only knew when it happened—after the power that came from the sky tore out his heart.

However, after his heart was taken out and replaced, his daily life...

Every day, he would be affectionate with his wives, guide the Guiliji to develop in a human way, occasionally practice with his gun, teach Ganyu about human affairs, and finally turn off the lights...

He seemed no different from usual, and there seemed to be nothing 'unusual' about him over the past thousands of years.

But...it was confirmed a long time ago.

Whether it was the inexplicable thought in my mind, "There is a limit to what one should do, and there is a limit...", or the unfounded guess, "I feel that the authority is not complete in the end,

As the pinnacle of the demon gods, Zhong Li's sudden 'premonition' had an alarmingly accurate accuracy.

But...what exactly is that 'unusual'?

Zhong Li observed for a long time but still couldn't find the answer.

So today, taking the opportunity, Zhong Li, who had been troubled by this for a long time, finally spoke out.

She looked at him with her hazy but still clear golden eyes:

"I know you have an idea in your mind, why not tell me about it.

There are some things you don’t have to bear alone.”

"I don't have any ideas."

Unlike what Zhong Li imagined, He Li just slightly avoided her gaze and raised his glass with a smile:

"Come on, Sister Zhongli, this wine is warm..."

"You can't hide it from me,"

Zhong Li did not give up. She stared at him closely, her tone revealing a rock-hard stubbornness.

He Li smiled bitterly. Is Sister Zhong Li really made of stone?

He held the wine glass and said with a smile:

"I really don't have any idea..."

"Do Liuyun and the others know about this?"

Zhong Li ignored his denial and asked instead.

Is this... is this still the straightforward Zhong Li I know? Yes, after thousands of years of accumulation, even the hardest stone will be smoothed.

"What do you know or not?"

He Li continued to play dumb.

"It must be very painful to keep some things in your heart,"

Zhong Li looked at him and continued:

"Things that even a wife who shares the same bed with you and supports you through thick and thin cannot say."

"..."

He Li lowered his brows and did not respond.

"There are three interpretations of this in the folk: one is 'outside the house', the second is 'separation', and the third is 'parting',"

Zhong Li continued:

"There's no need to explain the first and second, so there's only one left..."

She looked at him, with a complex look in her eyes.

"The last one... Can you tell me about it now?"

...

None of the thousand-year-old demon gods are easy to deal with, even the pear flower fairy who looks silly but actually has a god-destroying cannon in her hands is like this.

Sister Zhong Li...

Inexplicably, his heart skipped a beat.

He looked at the yellow amber wine.

"That's what I should do."

...

As soon as he said this, Zhong Li understood what he hadn't said -

That's my job, don't interfere.

"What are you supposed to do? Now?"

"No matter when, no matter which me."

...

No matter when, no matter which I...

"Whichever I am..."

Zhong Li chewed on his words:

“What I should do...

The 'unusual' that appeared after that day..."

Like the last piece of a puzzle falling into place,

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to her, and she suddenly understood something.

She finally understood why the 'unusual' thing she had seen for a moment appeared and disappeared.

No, it didn't disappear, but it merged into him along with something, making this 'unusual' thing become 'what he should do'.

As for that so-called 'something'...

She subconsciously looked at He Li's chest, or more precisely, the things inside his chest cavity——

The heart of the world.

As the heart disappears and is recreated, 'what he should do' also changes...

...

I see,

After sorting out the matter, she looked at He Li again:

"What you should do. Or... in other words..."

It's here again, that feeling of my heart tightening and chilling.

She endured the discomfort and asked:

"What's the price?"

...

Silence, her response was still silence,

But this silence already represents a lot of things.

"It's that existence that makes you unable to speak out."

She forced a smile and raised a finger to the sky.

"..."

He Li remained silent.

This is already an obvious answer.

...

"Please don't tell them,"

He Li picked up the wine glass and toasted to Zhong Li, with a hint of request in his words.

It is true that I couldn't help but say a few words, but I didn't expect that just two sentences would make Zhong Li guess a lot.

Zhong Li asked knowingly:

"Why,"

"They will be sad if they know. The later they know, the later they will be sad."

He Li drank a glass of wine and said in a low voice.

"Then why tell me,"

For some reason, Zhong Li asked:

"You could have continued to hide it."

"Because you are Sister Zhong Li,"

He Li smiled again, a smile without any burden.

Because you are Morax, you are the Rock King, you are the person I feel most secure with,

Perhaps it was a subconscious reliance, and a few words leaked out of his mouth.

But my trust was not misplaced. After all, you know me and you can guess everything from just a few words.

Because you are Sister Zhong Li, I can confide in you a little bit of what I have been suppressing in my heart for thousands of years.

The person I want to confide in is you, and only you.

...

"Because I am Sister Zhong Li..."

Zhong Li lowered his eyes and looked at the reflection in the wine. The yellow wine was rippling.

The whispering sound disappeared into the wind:

"But even a thousand-year-old stone can crack, and I am no exception."