Genshin Impact: I am best at sacrifice, don't cry

Kanreya, Ascension Square.

Baru is a low-level engineer whose daily job is to inspect and maintain the artificial sun hanging in the sky above the Kingdom of Kanreya.

Today, Baru went to the control room as usual to carry out daily maintenance work.

After passing through layers of checks at the outer outposts where the control room was located, Baru successfully arrived outside the control room. He was so familiar with this process that it could be said that it had become his muscle memory.

Of course, decades of repetitive work would be the same for everyone, but Baru never slacked off on this job. He was not talented enough, and it was his teacher who found someone to help him get this job, so he worked very hard for it.

Every ten years, the artificial sun undergoes an overhaul. The last overhaul was just a month ago. Logically, there should be no problems, but Baru felt uneasy after arriving outside the control room.

"It's fine... I checked it carefully yesterday, there's no problem..."

A mysterious premonition made Baru carefully enter the key. After the door of the control room opened, Baru entered.

"Clap!"

The switch controlling the interior light did not respond when pressed, which made Baru's heart skip a beat.

Quickly walk to the core console in the control room and check...

"everything is normal……"

"Phew~ I'll report the broken light later and start working."

Baru breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, then began to move toward the area that supplied energy to the artificial sun.

The energy that powers the artificial sun is actually energy crystals that are made by refining special ores dug out from the ground.

But decades ago, Kanreya began to vigorously develop the abyss and obtained more energy from it. To this end, Kanreya carried out a generation of energy updates.

Improving energy efficiency is the eternal pursuit of mankind. With the more convenient, faster and equally high-quality abyss energy, Kanreya will naturally no longer use backward energy crystals that are difficult to develop.

In the transparent glass container, purple-black gaseous energy flowed slowly. Baru's eyes were deeply attracted by the flowing energy. This weird and mysterious energy had an indescribable beauty.

“Who could have imagined that something so beautiful could come from a place where life is forbidden.”

It took Baru a long time to come back to his senses. Fortunately, this was his job, to ensure the safety of energy supply and the normal operation of the artificial sun.

After checking the energy area, Baru finally arrived at the core area.

A huge round energy body emits a pale yellow light. This is Kanreya’s artificial sun. All the sunlight that Kanreya, located underground, can feel is released from it as the center and spreads to every corner of Kanreya.

Suddenly, Baru was somewhat surprised to find a streak of black appearing in the pale yellow artificial sun.

"What's this……?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Baru hurried to the control panel of the artificial sun, only to find that a series of red warning messages had rendered the entire control panel useless.

"This situation..."

Baru immediately squatted down and pulled a handle under the control panel, and a red button emerged from the control panel.

"Snapped!"

Baru's palm almost slammed heavily on the red button.

"It should be alright...right..."

After Baru finished his work, he raised his head. His black pupils dilated slightly, reflecting the mysterious and beautiful purple-black color... the sun.

"The artificial sun has fallen..."

The next second, figures walked out of the darkness behind Baru and dragged it into the darkness.

At the same time, all Kanreya people saw the sun turning purple-black in the sky.

As the Kanriya people panicked, facilities like the artificial sun control center where Baru was located fell silent at the same time.

They all have one thing in common, which is that they all use energy extracted from the abyss as their energy source.

The appearance of the purple-black sun was only a signal. The ground of Kanreya was still permeating with ominous black air. Starting from the abyss cracks, cracks spread rapidly.

"An ominous sign!"

"Help me..."

"Mom, my head hurts!"

"My body, my body!!"

"..."

Chaos soon spread across Kanrea.

Kanreya's wanton use of abyss energy had actually already been secretly infiltrated by the will of the abyss. The endless abyss energy gushed out from the cracks in the abyss like a fountain, flowing along the ground of Kanreya and quickly sweeping across the entire country.

The change was immediately noticed by the alchemists and reported to Emperor Kanreya by the palace knights.

"What? The Abyss Rift is out of control?!"

"Hurry up and tell Rhinedot to close the abyss rift!!!"

Emperor Kanreya slammed the table and shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, according to what the captain said, after the accident, the sages and alchemists have already set out for the location of the abyss rift and are currently working hard."

"But before that, some citizens have been harmed by the energy of the abyss, and you need to give orders."

The knight kneeling on one knee was extremely calm and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Emperor Kanreya quickly calmed down, thought for a moment, and ordered the herald waiting beside him: "Send the army to evacuate the citizens in the city who have not been affected by the abyss energy to a safe place. As for those who have been corroded by the abyss energy and turned into monsters, there is no need for me to say anything more, right?"

Emperor Kanreya's eyes were cold. He would not show any mercy when it came to major issues. He knew very well the consequences of being eroded by the energy of the abyss.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The knights and heralds received the order and hurriedly left the palace.

Emperor Kanreya then ordered the royal bloodline to flee Kanreya from all directions. He had a premonition that Kanreya... was going to be in trouble!

……

Baru's mind was a little blank. Confused, he walked out of the facility and walked towards home step by step.

Fortunately, the place where his home is located has not been affected by the abyss energy yet.

Along the way, Baru saw many Kanriya people fleeing frantically, shouting at the top of their lungs, as if they had seen something very terrifying.

Baru didn't care about these. Even if there was any unknown danger, he would return home first. Only when he was at home could he feel at ease with his wife and children.

Thinking of this, Baru quickened his pace.

For some reason, Baru felt that his body, which had become potbellied due to lack of exercise, was extremely light when he ran, as if he was ten years younger. The situation was urgent and he did not have time to think too much. He just thought that he was eager to go home and his body burst out with potential.

Soon, Baru saw a familiar house, and a familiar sense of security surged in his heart. He... was home.

The shrill screams around him accompanied him all the way, making his steps more urgent.

"Bang!"

Baru was so anxious to get home that he forgot to take out his keys. He slammed the door so hard that it fell off the wall.

"Ahhhh~~~"

Baru entered the house and looked at his wife who was suddenly screaming. He looked back nervously and found nothing.

So he opened his mouth to remind his wife that he was home, and as soon as he opened his mouth...

“@#￥%……&*”

"Why can't I speak?"

As Baru was wondering, he saw his adult son coming out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife, chopping at him with fear in his eyes and a fierce look on his face.

I am your father, you rebellious son! Baru was anxious and angry, but what he said turned out to be: "#￥%……&"

"Monster, die!!!"

"Pfft!"

Baru, who had no time to dodge, was hit by the kitchen knife. Black blood splattered and landed on Baru's son's face, which was always filled with fear.

Baru did not feel any pain. In confusion, he subconsciously looked down at the kitchen knife that had chopped him. Through the reflection of the knife, he finally saw his current appearance clearly - a monster with a distorted face and multiple demonic limbs!

"I've become a monster?!"

Baru raised his head with a twisted look and looked at his former dearest wife and son. The memories in his mind gradually became blurred, his eyes gradually turned blood red, and the pure desire to kill occupied his mind.

A few minutes later, shrill screams were heard from Baru's house.

This is the result of being eroded by the abyss. Your body and soul will be distorted, and your most precious memories will gradually be replaced by the negative emotions that are filled with the energy of the abyss over time.

What happened to Baru is now happening everywhere in Kanreya. The power of the abyss is much more terrifying than the Kanreya royal family imagined.